Below are samples of student projects. We welcome requests for industry sponsored
projects, research and collaboration.
nmapGUI: An nmap Front End for the Future
nmapGUI is a Java GUI that can be used with any past, present or future version
of nmap on any platform to scan a network.
Students: Anita Nandakumar, Sai Singh & Celestin Zimulinda
An Open source IPS
An IPS or Intrusion Prevention System is based upon an Intrusion Detection System
(IDS) with the added component of taking real time action, to prevent an intrusion
once detected by the IDS.
Students: Sean Durkin, Michael Smith & Kaebin Tan
Is That E-mail Really Spam?
Enhanced SPAM filtering efficiency by researching and then adding new filtering
schemes that concretely distinguish messages that are not classified using more
common filter rules.
Students: Alan Berow, Geeta Sookoo, Tresa Johnson & Eric Neilsen
PC-CD: Rootkit Detection CD
An independent environment and tools that search the true hard drive space and
files of the suspect operating system in order to detect and remove rootkits.
Students: Amer Jamal, Deborah Kimnach & Olatunji Nowlin
Wireless Monitoring System
Monitor wireless LAN traffic without attaching to or modifying the existing
LAN in any way. The approach uses an overlay network implemented with inexpensive
hardware and free software that can be linked to a IDP or IPS if needed.
Students: Rene Contreras, Kirt Nishi & Taher Hasan
Reg-IIT: Automated
Network Registration Software
An automated system requiring wireless network users to register their hardware
through a web interface before gaining full network access. Reg-IIT prompts
for identification information that it matches to user’s previously stored
“fingerprints.”
Students: David Hunt, Terry Lunn & Michael Schorr
Securing a DHCP
Server on a Local Network
To improve the security of an "open access" Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) environment, by giving the DHCP server the ability to authenticate
a user before connecting to the network with a laptop.
Students: Dennis Hasenfang, Michael McLone & Chris Willis
Voting over the Internet
Team members innovated a secure Internet-based voting system that could make
it possible for registered voters to securely vote over the Internet.
Students: Mike Manzke & Manjula Sridhar
Network Intrusion Detection
System (NIDS)
Monitor both wired and wireless networks. The system provides automated alerting
and is coupled with another system, GRATIS, that graphically identifies the
source and location of the malicious traffic.
Students: Johnny Aquino, Ashok Bhojwani, Jeremy Hajek & Rajesh Patel
Linux IPTables Firewall
Emulator/Analyzer (LIFE)
LIFE, working with rules dumped from an IPtables firewall using the iptables-save
utility, aids IPtables firewall administrators in analyzing and debugging firewalls.
Student: Venkat Nandam
Zoning an Open Network
for Education (ZONE)
The ZONE project layed the foundation for a layered security model approach
using firewall / routers. It also facilitated location identification of offending
computers, even when functioning with dynamic IP addresses.
Students: Shane Ladd, Kevin Vaccaro & Jon Yonamine
Graphical Real-time
Attack Topology Information System (GRATIS)
GRATIS is a 3D engine that displays graphically the location in a building where
harmful messages are originating.
Students: Phillip LaBar & Roy Taylor
Real-Time Scanning/Reporting
System
Determines the vulnerabilities of host computers and other intranet elements
by extensively probing these elements, analyzing results, creating a database
of vulnerabilities for each element,.
Students: Eric Bonsu, Larry Reynolds & Elsa Yee
Automatic Topology Discovery
System
The ATDS facilitates physically locating such rogue computers using automated
topological identification.
Students: Marina Antony, Carol Davids & Ruksana Patel
Intrusion
Detection System (IDS) for Rice Campus
This project entailed selecting, configuring and integrating an Intrusion Detection
System that could monitor the events in a network and analyze them for signs
of security problems.
Student: Hwanho Kim
Honeypots &
Honey Tokens
Establish a honeypot and honeytoken that allowed for the tracking and analysis
of SPAM traffic flow. Results were used to create a component that would improve
filters, gateways, rules and servers that process email.
Students: Jason Jordan & Stephan Mititelu
Securing the
New IIT Rice Campus Web Server
A Linux web server was configured to be secure mostly by minimizing
services and securing the web-related applications and scripts.
Students: Balageetha Subbarayan, Jeffrey Rowland & Sita Kalombo
Performing a Security Security Audit and Assessment
A security audit was performed on a district school system. The audit included
vulnerability scans of the district network and computers, personal interviews,
and security policy review.
Students: Judith Stevens, Yong Ji Kim & Bachum Mataruke
