Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Learn that HTML with CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) and JS(JavaScript), forms a triad of cornerstone technologies for the World Wide Web.
• Learn the reasons about the threats posed by, and methods of recourse for, various types of cyber attacks

Vocabulary

• CSS - Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language like HTML.
• JavaScript - JavaScript is a scripting language used to create and control dynamic website content.
• BOTNET - A botnet is a number of compromised computers used to create and send spam or viruses or flood a network with messages as a denial of service attack. The compromised computers are called zombies.
• DNS SPOOFING - also referred to as DNS cache poisoning, is a type of computer attack wherein a user is forced to navigate to a fake website which looks like a real one, with the intention of diverting traffic or stealing credentials of the users.
• DDoS Attack - Distributed Denial of Service - When you hear about a website being “brought down by hackers,” it generally means it has become a victim of a DDoS attack. This means that hackers have attempted to make a website or computer unavailable by flooding or crashing the website with too much traffic.
• Phishing - A seemingly trustworthy entity asks for sensitive information such as: SSN, Credit card numbers, Login IDs or Passwords via e-mail.

VIDEO

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript Explained
• Hackers & Cyber Attacks: Crash Course Computer Science

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Identify abstractions used in the development of Internet protocols.
• Explain how layers of protocols allow the Internet to function.
• Describe how a protocol or layer of the internet acts as an "abstraction" for other layers.

Vocabulary

• HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol - the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet
• IP Address - A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.
• TCP - Transmission Control Protocol - provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the internet. TCP is tightly linked with IP and usually seen as TCP/IP in writing.
• URL - An easy-to-remember address for calling a web page.(like www.code.org).

VIDEO

• HTTP

NOTES

• HTTP

Other RESOURCES

• W3Schools on HTTP Methods
• MDN Web Docs on HTTP
• Tony Messer on HTTP vs. HTTPS
• Kayce Basques on Why HTTPS Matters

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Describe the redundancy of routing between two points on the Internet.
• Evaluate the benefits and security concerns associated with the use of a routed system of sending packets.

Vocabulary

• Network Redundancy - having multiple backups to ensure reliability during cases of high usage or failure
• Router - A type of computer that forwards data across a network

VIDEO

• Lecture

NOTES

• Routers

Other RESOURCES

• Khan Academy on Packet, Routers, and Reliability

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Define a protocol and IP ( Internet Protocol)
• Explain the differences between IPv4 and IpV6 protocols.

Vocabulary

• IP Address - A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.
• Packets - Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information.
• Protocol - A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.

VIDEO

• The Internet: IP Addresses and DNS - Video
• IP (SHORT LECTURE)

NOTES

• IP Addresses

Other RESOURCES

• Khan Academy on IP Addresses and DNS