=============================================================================== Class 2: Sept 10, 2007 1. Networking: a brief mention of IP ADDRESSES 4 bytes network part + host part. Subnet mask provides cutoff Each machine needs: IP addr (network part is predetermined) subnet mask router DNS server WHO HANDS THESE OUT? DHCP overview First mention of NAT Brief review of DNS basics of how lookup works, hierarchically edu luc.edu cs.luc.edu csed.cs.luc.edu cacheing security implications alice.cs.luc.edu and bob.cs.luc.edu do NOT need to have related IP addrs! 2. File systems: NTFS and FAT Permissions Runtime OS locking of files (even for FAT) Software permissions: Example: a database may determine what access you have to which records. But if you can copy the entire database and read it "at home", you bypass this! File permissions These are tied to your identity on the machine. ================================== Lab: * check the status of "Hide extensions for known file types" * create two accounts, try to create a file readable by only one of the accounts. can Owner read the file? can Owner change the permissions or Take Ownership? * try making the desktop read-only * kill & restart explorer.exe, using taskmgr