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 * Planned Meeting Times:
 * Wednesdays at 8:30pm

Week of Sept 17th

 * Meeting time/place:
 * The meeting took place after class on Wednesday between 8:30PM and 8:45.

1.) Ask the students to work on the homework for the following weeks so we may have something to discuss even if they do not complete it.
 * Topics Covered:
 * I wanted to cover the homework but due to the fact it was my first time teaching and the students were unprepared we had to forego the meeting. In the future I intend to hold the meeting as follows:
 * 2.) If an event should occur where they are unprepared, still cover the homework by asking how they would complete it.
 * 3.) Create problems beforehand based on homework to ease them into it.
 * 4.) Compare notes without giving solutions on the homework. What steps did they take to complete it and how our answers differ.
 * 5.) I also intend to hold meetings throughout the week for students who may be struggling with the programming section of the homework via Skype.


 * I also worked with a few students via emails. They required help programming certain elements of converting the string into ascii value. Without giving them the answers, I provided a step by step process of solving the problem.
 * Open Questions:
 * There are no questions at this point.


 * Concerns:
 * My main concern is getting the team on board to hold the meeting.

Week of Sept 24th
From 8:30PM to 9:00PM After class on Wednesday
 * Meeting time:

We mainly covered question number two of the homework and it was very well received by the team. Everyone was very enthusiastic about it. Everyone wanted to wait till next week to cover the programming and other questions as they wanted some time to think about it. The plan is to cover the rest of the homework during the first week of Oct. once everyone has had a chance to study it. I did encourage them to look at the homework prior to the meetings and the team thought it was a good idea. In this event we would all be prepared to discuss something even if its a problem that we ran into.
 * Topics Covered:


 * Open Questions:

The question remains as to how to finish problem number two.


 * Concerns:

There are no concerns at this point.

Week of Oct. 1st

 * Meeting time: 8:30 - 9:00, Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: During the course of our conversation we covered many aspects of the homework including Discussion Questions and Lab Questions. The Discussion Question involved covering "lock bumping".  We watched a few videos on youtube and other sites on how to prevent such a process.  It not only helped everyone understand and bring their own prespective to help the group understand how lock bumping can be prevented.  We also discussed in understanding Event Logs in Windows with the professor who explained that he would revise his wording.  We as a group were still confused till the very last minute of the homework even after the wording had been revised.  We also logged into the machines in the lab to see how we could search for these events.

Lab Questions were discussed between students via emails in helping understanding the the procedure of programming it. Some of the questions were:


 * 1)What outcome to expect?
 * 2)How does DES relate to MES?
 * 3)What are the benefits of mulitple encryption?
 * 4)How many passes should be required?

Some of the students also benefitted from step by step interptation of how the code works therefore we were able to complete the homework as a group. I have approached others but they seem hesistant to ask questions or feel comfortable with material therefore shunning any help.


 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: Some students refuse to ask questions even after I approached them in person, email and chat. I have encouraged them to ask questions but to no benefit.  I ask them questions but they either outright refuse or they do not participate in group meetings.

Week of Oct. 15th

 * Meeting time: Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: Over the course of this week, we conintued to exchange emails to study for the upcoming midterm. One of the most talked about questions was the very last question on the midterm review which I coded in notepad and shared with the group.  We helped understand mod function.  We also reviewed the midterm review questions as well as other materials from notes.


 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: Mid-term!

Week of Oct. 22nd

 * Meeting time: Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: The beginning of this week was mainly spent reviewing for the midterm. I had specific questions access control method and list which my team helped me to understand as well each other.

Later during the week, we discussed some of the issues plaguing the team to program. Not many questions have come in so far.


 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: None

Week of Oct. 29th

 * Meeting time: Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: Currently we are discussing the homework and how to pursue it. Each individual has to come up with a set of parameters for the homework to try and crack the code. We have emailed each other and met on google talk a number of times.

We have spent quite a bit of time on W3schools website trying to figure out what parameters to use. We are looking at regexp, metacharacters, modifiers, brackets, etc.


 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: None

Week of Nov. 5th

 * Meeting time: Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: We are still in the process of discussing the homework. We have begun to code a little bit.

After exchanging an email with the professor, we tried numerous things with the code. Unfortunately some of the team members gave up on finding any encrypted of the words. It is also due to the fact, that it takes such a long time for results to come back, interest was lost. By the end of today, I am working on this myself.

After searching for these things online and talking to a few programmers, it has been a difficult two weeks finding these passwords.
 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: Finding the encrypted passwords

Week of Nov. 12th

 * Meeting time: Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: No homework for this week and Nov. 19th.


 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: None

Week of Nov. 26th

 * Meeting time: Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: Most of the week spent studying for the exam. After Monday (Nov. 19th) the team and I will compare notes to see what we have accomplished and question each other.

Also my teammate and I began working on our presentation this week. Researching our topics. We split the work load but nothing because of the final


 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: FINAL!

Week of Dec 3rd

 * Meeting time: Random emails throughout the week as well as Google Talk


 * Topics Covered: This week was spent trying to decode the message. We have tried numerous things in terms of programming. We tried to output the code in a file so we would not overwrite the same letters within the code. One of the teammates was able to decrypt just by looking at the code long enough so it has been advantageous.

The research on the presentation is complete and more than half the presentation is done. We worked on it throughout the week. The work load was divided evenly and on we would present.


 * Open Questions:None


 * Concerns: None