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UMD has a great class where their cyber security students do pentesting on the school network for credit, simultaneously securing the network and providing a gr
by hodwik 10y ago
UMD has a great class where their cyber security students do pentesting on the school network for credit, simultaneously securing the network and providing a great education.
http://www.cyber.umd.edu/sites/default/files/documents/symposium/SecureMD_MC2Symposium_2013.pdf http://www.cyber.umd.edu/sites/default/files/documents/sympo...
Nothing to get a network admin to close a hole like an annoying undergrad stopping by your office every day, trying to get his extra credit before the semester is over.
- woodruffw 10y agoI'm a UMD student, and I had no idea this existed! I've been hesitant about reporting holes/vulnerabilities in the school's infrastructure until now, but it's reassuring to see that there are official channels for doing so.
- entee 10y agoDon't think this was around when I went there, but I'm super excited that it is. I did take a Software Engineering course while I was there that directly interacted with real-world clients and had to ship customer ready software at the end of the semester. It was intense and a fantastic learning experience. I'm biased, but they do it right at UMD. Go Terps!