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 * Planned Meeting Times:
 * Mondays at 7:30pm

Week of Sept 17th
Pandora, 7:30 pm
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Format and frequency of meetings. Only 2 students present at the first meeting. Went over the questions in the discussion portion of the homework and students' understanding of it. Also discussed the programming part of the homework and general approach to the task. Students seem to have a good grasp of what's expected and will be working on implementing the actual code.
 * Topics Covered:

No open questions after first meeting
 * Open Questions:

No concerns expressed at this time
 * Concerns:

Week of Sept 24th
7:30-9:00, meeting held in Skype
 * Meeting time:

During the group chat session we went over javascript implementation of the lab assignment of homework. We discussed which new function needs to introduced in order to to able to use an alphanumeric password instead of a numeric one. We also discussed if anyone had any questions about the discussion portion of homework and nobody seemed to have any problems with that
 * Topics Covered:

No open questions left after the session Students present during Skype session did not express any concerns about homework.
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 * Concerns:

Week of Oct 1st
7:30-8:30 Pandora. all students present
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Covered all the discussion questions. Answer to question one seems to be well explained in the text. Discussed mathematical approach to question 2. Question three was determined to be quick and easy. For question 4 we discussed the concept of salting and its benefits. Students seem to understand how to calculate the answer.
 * Topics Covered:

Lab questions. Discussed how to add an additional user input field and how to implement multiple encryption based on that input. Discussion question 2 requires somewhat complex math that students are going to attack at home. Lab question two is still under discussion, part b especially Some students were unsure to implement the additional functions in Javascript, we decided that they will attempt individually and come back with any questions during out next meeting in Skype next Monday
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Week of Oct 8th

 * Meeting time:

7:30-9:00 Skype


 * Topics Covered:

Covered again all the discussion questions. Students had different ideas regarding protection against lock bumping. Question with the combination lock was also discussed and the mathematical approaches of solving. Students did not have any questions regarding the last two discussion questions. Discussed the java script portion of homework, one of the students needed some help coming up with the approach of doing multiple encryption. Also discussed with students how many passes of encryption should be done. Students had different ideas and opinions about the matter.


 * Open Questions:

After the meeting students planned to write and test javascript for the assignment since nobody has completed it yet.


 * Concerns:

No concerns were expressed after the meeting

Week of Oct 22nd
7:30 Skype
 * Meeting time:

students agreed to prepare for the midterm and spend extra time at the next physical meeting
 * Topics Covered:

No questions discussed
 * Open Questions:

No concerns discussed
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Week of Oct 29th

 * Meeting time:

7:30 meeting was scheduled to be physical but had to be carried out via Skype because of hurricane Sandy


 * Topics Covered:

Discussion questions: briefly went over the topics of discussion questions. Students all seem to have experience with WireShark. Students also did not have any concerns with the port scanner question. Lab questions: discussed with students different ways digital signatures are implemented and the way it needs to be implemented in this particular homework assignment. Discussed the algorithm that needs to be implemented and discussed every step of the process. Students had conflicting opinions on how to approach this assignment but in the end everyone had a clear understanding of what needs to be done. Discussed how to use the already assigned functions for generating signatures and verifying it.
 * Open Questions:

No open questions after the meeting.


 * Concerns:

Main concern of some of the students was possible loss of power and them being unable to complete assignments.

Week of Nov 5th

 * Meeting time:

7:30-8:30 pandora


 * Topics Covered:

Discussion questions: covered different kinds of wi-fi encryption and which ones are considered safest and the least safe. discussed that no additional equipment is required to crack WEP keys. at the present time students are yet to attempt to crack one. Also discussed NetStumbler and it's limited use nowadays Lab questions: none of the students have found any additional passwords yet. discussed different techniques of eliminating useless strings.


 * Open Questions:

No clear cut solution found to the password challenge yet.


 * Concerns:

Students are not concerned but rather skeptical about them being able to find all 12 passwords

Week of Nov 12th

 * Meeting time:

8:30-9:30 Skype


 * Topics Covered:

Discussion questions: Discussed videos students have watched on YouTube about cracking WEP keys and different methods mentioned. Students have not yet attempted to crack one. Also discussed what is required to attempt do so. Nobody had any questions regarding NetStumbler. Lab questions: students have not yet found any additional passwords. Discussed different password choosing techniques that may have been used by Prof. Jonas.


 * Open Questions:

Seemed nobody had found any additional passwords, but seems everyone is yet to start looking.

The major concern is the amount time it is going to take to run the code and to look for passwords.
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