CSIT 320 (Local Area Networks) calendar

CSIT 320: Course Calendar

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	Tentative Schedule
Aug. 30	Syllabus Lab 1: Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Overview of OSI Model Homework Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: This time, it's different: Windows Server 2008 R2 in-depth (Ars Technia) 5 indispensable IT skills of the future (Computer World) Software Router Smashes Speed Records (Technology Review) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Sept. 13
Sept. 6	Labor Day
Sept. 13	Lab 2: Subnets and Getting Familiar with Server Manager Client Server Model NAT DNS Homework Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: Cisco: 'Here you have' worm caused brief havoc (NetworkWorld) Android Goes from Underdog to Top Dog: Watch Out Apple (NetworkWorld) How Server Virtualization Works (How Stuff Works) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Sept. 29 (should have been Sept. 20)
Sept. 20	Lab 3: Web server IP's and Masks Web Homework Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: F.C.C. Likely to Open New Airwaves to Wireless (The New York Times) Mozilla rushes out stability fixes for Firefox (NetworkWorld, 2 pages) Inside Internet Explorer 9: Redmond gets back in the game (Ars Technia, 6 pages) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Sept. 27
Sept. 27	Lab 4: Some PowerShell, FTP ICMP and TCP Homework Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: Code That Tracks Users’ Browsing Prompts Lawsuits (The New York Times) Extending The Law Of War To Cyberspace (NPR) -- listen and/or read Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems (ComputerWorld) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Oct. 4
Oct. 4	Recall last week that we scheduled a test for next week. The test covers the material from Labs 1-4 as well as the lectures and homeworks from those nights (up to and including Sept. 27). Lab 5: Some PowerShell, Sharing files (uses Shakespeare.zip) Routing, Routing Exercise Homework Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: There is no Plan B: why the IPv4-to-IPv6 transition will be ugly (Ars Technia, 4 pages) Google offers JPEG alternative for faster Web (CNet News) Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds (BBC News Technology) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Oct. 11
Oct. 11	Test 1
Oct. 18	Mid-semester break
Oct. 25	Lab 6: Hyper-V Role I have a sore throat so no lecture this week. (But if you want to talk to me about what you're planning to take next semester, I won't have to project my voice for that.) Homework Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: 4 Reasons to Give Linux Mint 10 a Try (NetWorkWorld) W3C: Hold off on deploying HTML5 in websites (InfoWorld) Google Street View Captured Whole Passwords, E-Mails, URLs (EWeek) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Nov. 1
Nov. 1	Lab 7: DNS and DHCP Hyper-V DHCP Homework Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: Inter-cloud data security technology developed by Fujitsu (PhysOrg.com) Officials Push to Bolster Law on Wiretapping (the New York Times) Internet security plan under review would alert users to hacker takeover (The Washington Post) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Nov. 8
Nov. 8	Lab 8: Active Directory (last lab on Test 2) Active Directory Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: The 25 Worst High-Tech Habits (and How to Fix Them) (NetworkWorld) D.C. hacking raises questions about future of online voting (Staeline) White House forms federal committee on Internet, privacy policy (The Washington Post) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Nov. 15
Nov. 15	Lab 9: Some more Active Directory, some more PowerShell Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: Manage Your Personal Online Brand: 3 Must-Do Steps (NetworkWorld) New Google Tool Makes Websites Twice as Fast (Technology Review -- MIT) ‘Code for America’ Programmers to Work in City Governments (Government Technology) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Nov. 22
Nov. 22	Lab 10: Creating users from PowerShell, making Home directories, etc. Presidents.csv Read and summarize (in your own words) the following articles: 11 hot skills for 2011 (ComputerWorld) Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell on the future of software (Q&A) (Cnet) How to add depth to your IT team's bench 4 pages (NetworkWorld) Put the summaries in a single document with you name on it and email it. Due Dec. 6!!! (Next week is test)
Nov. 29	TEST 2 (covers mainly the material in Labs 5 through 8
Dec. 6	Time to work on individual projects. Projects due the night of the final.
Dec. 13	FINAL