CS 493, Fall 2003


Assignment #6: 10 points

Due Date: Tuesday, 12/16/03.


(10) 1.	This assignment consists of analyzing four actual email messages that have 
	been forwarded to your IA Lab email accounts.  For each message:

    	(a) As much as possible, identify the sender of the original message.

	(b) Determine whether each message is a genuine alert or some disguised exploit.

	(c) In all cases, identify the alert/exploit and discuss the nature of 
	    the security risk it poses. 

	(d) What actions should be taken by the designated security officer in 
	    response to each situation, assuming worst case scenarios where the 
	    exploits were successful? 

	Contact the instructor if you lose any of the messages and need to have
	them resent.