Snort

The goal of this project was to design a server to function as an intrusion detection service. Snort was installed on an Ubuntu server that was set up with a large host of rules. During the course of this project a web interface was also set up to review the logs of the system. Project…

Secure Socket Layer Certificate

The goal of this project was to find quotes on new secure socket layer (SSL) certificates for four servers that were having problems with Firefox. Research was done on different major companies that were selling certificates that were compatible with practically all browsers and offered university discounts. After research was completed, seven price quotes were…

Indiana Company Risk Assessment

The desired outcome of this project was to become more familiar with Nessus External Scan and GFI LAN Guard to be able to perform an analysis of the client’s network environment. The software automates the testing and discovering of known security problems and vulnerabilities. Project Student: Patrick G. Fisk

Server Room Maintenance

The goal of this project was to organize the server room to create a sense of clarity with the cables that were running into the room.  Each cable was traced back to the correct computer and the cables were ran so they were more manageable.  This maximized the amount of space available and made it…

Untangle Gateway

The desired outcome for this project was to replace the Shorewall firewall with Untangle Gateway.  Untangle Gateway is a device that provides protection to the local network using different open source modules.   -Student Team Members: Yvel Guelce and Jerome Liwanag

Ghost Imaging

The objective of this project was to restore university department workstations to the original image with the latest updates.  The new image that is created with the appropriate updates is then pushed to the workstations. These labs are used by university IT students that are working on assignments for their classes.  In this environment users…

Wiping Hard Drives

Two university departments have a TV that is located on the third level of a university building. This TV is used to display videos with information related to the departments.  This project was to create a script that would coincide with Windows Media Player in order to play the video. -Student Team Members: Natalia Krylova…

SNORT

SNORT is an Intrusion Detection System that sits on a network and watches all the network traffic. It looks for any suspicious activity that may be the result of hacking, viruses or malware activity, or any potentially dangerous virus code going across the network. SNORT can be configured into 3 modes: sniffing, packet logging, or…