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UWA week 40 (2nd semester, week 10) ↓
Lecture cancelled, will record replacement (both)
8:29am Fri 7th Oct	lectures	Arran S.
2 hours ago	lectures	Joshua N.

scores file example (both)
12:42pm Thu 6th Oct	project	Amandeep AS.
45 mins later		Arran S.

Project tests (all 3)
12:24pm Thu 6th Oct	project	Joshua N.
76 mins later	project	Arran S.
2 hours ago	project	Joshua N. O.P.

Code in the report (both)
10:21am Thu 6th Oct	project	ANONYMOUS
✅64 mins later		Arran S.

adjust_score signature (all 3)
10:37am Tue 4th Oct	project	Joshua N.
✅2 hours later	project	Arran S.
22 hours later	project	Joshua N. O.P.

Clarifications of project spec (all 4)
✅1:37pm Mon 3rd Oct	project	Arran S.
64 mins later	project	Arran S. O.P.
20 hours later	project	Cameron L.
23 hours later	project	Arran S. O.P.

Report Structure (all 3)
10:59am Mon 3rd Oct		ANONYMOUS
33 mins later		Arran S.
34 mins later		ANONYMOUS O.P.

UWA week 39 (2nd semester, week 9) ↓
Score file clarification (all 4)
4:26pm Sun 2nd Oct	project	ANONYMOUS
18 hours later	project	Arran S.
18 hours later	project	ANONYMOUS O.P.
✅19 hours later	project	Arran S.

CVSS score (both)
1:49pm Fri 30th Sep		Haoxuan L.
4 hours later	project	Arran S.

Project "answers.txt" (all 4)
8:50am Fri 30th Sep	project	Joshua N.
3 hours later	project	Arran S.
34 hours later	project	ANONYMOUS
✅73 hours later	project	Arran S.

Project Scope (both)
11:58am Wed 28th Sep	project	ANONYMOUS
29 mins later	project	Arran S.

Mid-semester marks
11:38am Wed 28th Sep	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

Project spec available
11:35am Wed 28th Sep	project	Arran S.

Lab07 (both)
2:15pm Tue 27th Sep	labs	Joshua N.
21 hours later	labs	Arran S.

Online lab - Santiago unavailable
10:08am Tue 27th Sep	labs	Arran S.

UWA week 38 (2nd semester, week 8) ↓
Exam date finalized
12:35pm Fri 23rd Sep	final exam	Arran S.

Lecture recording failure
12:00pm Fri 23rd Sep	lectures	Arran S.

Assignment Release Date (all 5)
10:03am Wed 21st Sep	project	Cameron L.
✅7 hours later		Arran S.
25 hours later		Cameron L. O.P.
7 days later		ANONYMOUS
7 days later		Arran S.

Participants requested for survey
11:50am Tue 20th Sep		Arran S.

"Capture the flag" event starting this Friday
11:16am Tue 20th Sep		Arran S.

This week's lab - material on static and dynamic libraries
10:38am Tue 20th Sep	labs	Arran S.

Lab06 - Section 1.2 (both)
7:13pm Mon 19th Sep	labs	Joshua N.
✅15 hours later	labs	Arran S.

UWA week 37 (2nd semester, week 7) ↓
Test closes at 5pm
✅4:40pm Thu 15th Sep	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

Test opens today at 5pm, due 5pm tomorrow
✅4:00pm Wed 14th Sep	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

Lab 05 \| Section 2.3 - crash output? (all 3)
4:42pm Tue 13th Sep	labs	Joshua N.
✅16 hours later	labs	Arran S.
21 hours later	labs	Joshua N. O.P.

Feedback survey - closing tomorrow
3:45pm Tue 13th Sep		Arran S.

Lab05 vim config command not working (both)
11:57am Tue 13th Sep	labs	Joshua N.
107 mins later	labs	Arran S.

Test reminder
1:05pm Mon 12th Sep	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

UWA week 36 (2nd semester, mid-semester break) ↓
For any C experts - "Integers in C" quiz
10:33am Wed 7th Sep	the C language	Arran S.

23-year-old vulnerability discovered in cURL
10:27am Wed 7th Sep	trivia	Arran S.

Lab 4 (week 6) solutions and hints (both)
9:17am Tue 6th Sep	labs	Arran S.
8 days later	labs	Daniel S.

Testable/examinable material
✅8:59am Tue 6th Sep	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

UWA week 35 (2nd semester, week 6) ↓
Feedback survey
1:57pm Fri 2nd Sep		Arran S.

Lab04 saved eip typo in hints
3:22pm Thu 1st Sep	labs	Daniel S.

Install zsh BEFORE symlinking sh to zsh
11:42am Wed 31st Aug	labs	Daniel S.

Viewing binary files
10:42am Wed 31st Aug	labs	Daniel S.

Lab04 - Section 3.2 Stuck (all 4)
8:25pm Tue 30th Aug	labs	Joshua N.
20 hours later	labs	Joshua N. O.P.
4 days later	labs	Joshua N. O.P.
5 days later	labs	Arran S.

Overcoming ASLR
4:08pm Tue 30th Aug	trivia	Arran S.

Buffer overflow lab hints
1:06pm Tue 30th Aug	labs	Arran S.

Lab04 - can't write to exploit.py? (all 14)
3:32pm Mon 29th Aug	labs	Joshua N.
5 mins later		Joshua N. O.P.
✅38 mins later		Arran S.
62 mins later		Joshua N. O.P.
74 mins later		Joshua N. O.P.
78 mins later		Joshua N. O.P.
87 mins later		Arran S.
2 hours later		Joshua N. O.P.
19 hours later		Arran S.
25 hours later		Joshua N. O.P.
25 hours later		Joshua N. O.P.
26 hours later		Arran S.
49 hours later		Joshua N. O.P.
6 days later		Arran S.

Labs this week - VirtualBox needed, GitPod not sufficient
2:04pm Mon 29th Aug	labs	Arran S.

UWA week 34 (2nd semester, week 5) ↓
Drop-in office hours today
2:18pm Fri 26th Aug		Arran S.

Feedback survey next week
1:51pm Fri 26th Aug		Arran S.

Exam date
✅1:36pm Fri 26th Aug	final exam	Arran S.

MAC on lectern computers
12:46pm Fri 26th Aug	trivia	Arran S.

Lab3 hints (both)
✅10:24am Wed 24th Aug	labs	Daniel S.
✅23 mins later		Daniel S. O.P.

Music-based denial of service
10:33am Mon 22nd Aug	trivia	Arran S.

UWA week 33 (2nd semester, week 4) ↓
Quiz marks and solutions released
2:18pm Wed 17th Aug	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

LMS Quiz - Difference between char[] type and char[12] (all 3)
3:17pm Mon 15th Aug	the C language	ANONYMOUS
17 hours later		ANONYMOUS
✅20 hours later		Arran S.

UWA week 32 (2nd semester, week 3) ↓
Quiz reminder and quiz results/answers
1:11pm Fri 12th Aug	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

Reminder - no labs next week (week 4)
✅1:06pm Fri 12th Aug	labs	Arran S.

Wednesday 8am lab to be discontinued (both)
✅12:05pm Fri 12th Aug	labs	Arran S.
57 mins later		Arran S. O.P.

Week 3 quiz is available (all 4)
1:49pm Wed 10th Aug	tests and quizzes	Arran S.
53 secs later		Arran S. O.P.
104 mins later		ANONYMOUS
2 hours later		Arran S. O.P.

Ubuntu on UTM on M1 Macbook (all 5)
12:40pm Wed 10th Aug	software tips and hacks	Fung O.
3 mins later		Fung O. O.P.
74 mins later		Arran S.
19 days later		Daniel S.
20 days later		Daniel S.

vim tips (and a nice vimrc) (all 3)
✅11:15am Wed 10th Aug	software tips and hacks	Daniel S.
24 hours later		Arran S.
28 hours later		Daniel S. O.P.

git lecture slides (both)
✅10:15am Wed 10th Aug		Daniel S.
✅29 mins later		Daniel S. O.P.

Data type sizes
✅9:16am Wed 10th Aug	the C language	Daniel S.

Week 2 lecture recording on the way; quiz postponed by 1 day (both)
✅9:42am Mon 8th Aug		Arran S.
33 hours later		Arran S. O.P.

UWA week 31 (2nd semester, week 2) ↓
5/8 Lecture missing? (all 4)
1:21pm Sat 6th Aug	lectures	ANONYMOUS
3 hours later		Zach M.
30 hours later		ANONYMOUS
44 hours later		Arran S.

Hopefully solved: VirtualBox doesn't have access to wifi
6:01pm Fri 5th Aug	software tips and hacks	Arran S.

Generic Apline316 could not be found (all 5)
10:45pm Thu 4th Aug		ANONYMOUS
10 hours later		Arran S.
11 hours later		ANONYMOUS O.P.
12 hours later		ANONYMOUS O.P.
13 hours later		Arran S.

Activities next week (week 3)
✅11:52am Thu 4th Aug	tests and quizzes	Arran S.

VM networking issues
11:44am Thu 4th Aug		Arran S.

WSL2 Incompatibility with VirtualBox resolved (both)
7:19pm Wed 3rd Aug		Ryan W.
14 hours later		Arran S.

Vagrant up command fails (all 5)
3:18pm Tue 2nd Aug		ANONYMOUS
19 hours later		Arran S.
44 hours later		Arran S.
✅72 hours later		ANONYMOUS O.P.
72 hours later		Arran S.

Fix to "git push" commands in lab 1
11:58am Tue 2nd Aug		Arran S.

VirtualBox doesn't have access to wifi (all 8)
7:59pm Mon 1st Aug	software tips and hacks	ANONYMOUS
✅14 hours later		Arran S.
15 hours later		ANONYMOUS O.P.
15 hours later		Arran S.
15 hours later		Ryan W.
15 hours later		Arran S.
63 hours later		Arran S.
93 hours later		Arran S.

Classes this week
✅10:15am Mon 1st Aug		Arran S.

UWA week 30 (2nd semester, week 1) ↓
Computer Science Discord
9:31pm Fri 29th Jul		ANONYMOUS

Subverting compilers with custom plugins
✅3:36pm Fri 29th Jul	trivia	Arran S.

Homograph attacks
✅2:43pm Fri 29th Jul	trivia	Arran S.

Notes from week 1 lecture
✅2:04pm Fri 29th Jul		Arran S.

Lecture tomorrow
2:49pm Thu 28th Jul		Arran S.

UWA week 29 (last week before 2nd semester) ↓
Written work and getting help from the UWA library
✅4:04pm Thu 21st Jul		Arran S.

Welcome to Secure Coding
✅12:38pm Wed 20th Jul		Arran S.

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