Linux Kernel and OS Security

Contents 1 Linux Kernel and OS Security 1.1 2009 / 2010 1.2 Practicum 1.3 Course description

Linux Kernel and OS Security

Course ID	2WC16
Credits	6
Scheduled	First semester (first year)

2009 / 2010

Starting from	04 / 09 / 2009
Scheduling	Fridays, 13:45 - 15:30
Location	Matrix 1.46 (TU/e)
Teacher	Andries Brouwer
Website	https://venus.tue.nl/owinfo-cgi/owi_0695.opl http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/hh/ http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/lk/lk.html http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/fs/fat/fat.html

Practicum

Assignments are to be made at home. You should have a Linux installation running somewhere, preferably one on your own machine (so you have root access) and not virtual.

Course description

Linux: We discuss the Linux Operating System. Topics include:

• Introduction (What is an operating system, What is Linux, What is the Linux kernel);
• User space and kernel, system calls, signals;
• File systems, VFS, namespaces, inodes and dentries;
• Processes and threads, scheduling;
• Memory management, virtual memory, swapping, caches;
• Symmetric multiprocessing, synchronization, locking, semaphores; Networks, protocols, sockets;
• Security, capabilities;
• Device I/O;
• Booting.

Security: We discuss various (digital) attacks against people, or systems, or protocols.