Research

This page shows some selected examples of our internatl technology evaluation program, lectures and talks available to the public.

Software Evaluations

Facebook API Evaluation 20071011
(pdf, english, 266 kB)

"Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you."
We took a look at the technical part of facebook, especially the API provided. This API can be used by developers to write their own applications which can then be added by all facebook users to their personal facebook page. We carried out a quick evaluation, wrote a small example application and tested the API for its usability in practice.

Lectures

Basic Track: Introduction to Computer Networking 20080402 (pdf, german, 3 MB)	In this lecture, which was given at the Hochschule München on April 2nd 2008, we presented an introduction to computer networking. We explained Protocols and services. The OSI and TCP/IP layered models were discussed.
Motion Track: IP Routing - A trip around the Internet 20080416 (PDF, deutsch, 0,6 MB)	In this lecture from 16th of April 2008 we presented an overview about IP routing. We talk about distance vectors, the Bellman-Ford algorithm, the routing information protocol RIP, about link state according to Dijkstra, link state routing, OSPF and the border gateway protocol BGP.
Security Track: Unix System Security 20080430 (PDF, deutsch, 0,3 MB)	In this lecture from 30th of April 2008 we presented methods to strenghten Unix system security. We explained basic security features such as permission handling and logging. Then we present classic security issues such as buffer overflows and SQL injection. Additionally, we discuss password hardening, sandboxing with chroot and rootkip detection with tripwire and integrit.