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Exploring Network Security with SEEDLabs

Hands-on network security labs covering attacks, defenses, cryptography, BGP routing, and wireless security — documented as academic lab reports.

About SEEDLabs

SEED (Software, Education, Education, and Development) is a hands-on cybersecurity education project developed at Syracuse University. It provides real-world lab environments where students practice actual attack and defense techniques in controlled virtual networks using tools like Wireshark, iptables, and Scapy.

9
Units Covered
6
Attack Labs
2
Defense Labs
9
Total PDFs

Skills & Knowledge Gained

Attack Techniques
  • ARP Spoofing & Poisoning
  • DNS Cache Poisoning
  • Session Hijacking
  • MITM Attacks
  • BGP Route Hijacking
  • WiFi Evil Twin
Defense & Hardening
  • iptables Firewall Rules
  • DNSSEC Configuration
  • WPA2 Security
  • RPKI for BGP
  • VPN Setup (OpenVPN)
  • SSL/TLS Hardening
Cryptography
  • Public Key Infrastructure
  • X.509 Certificates
  • Digital Signatures
  • Certificate Authority
  • TLS Handshake
  • Key Exchange Protocols
Tools Used
  • Wireshark
  • Scapy (Python)
  • iptables / nftables
  • OpenVPN
  • Nmap
  • Dig / nslookup

Lab Reports

Click on any card to expand and access the full PDF report. All reports are hosted on GitHub.

Unit 1Fundamentals

Packet Sniffing & Spoofing

Unit 3Attack & Defense

MAC Layer Attack

Unit 4Attack & Defense

ICMP Redirect Attack

Unit 5Attack & Defense

TCP/IP Attack

Unit 6Attack & Defense

Mitnick Attack

Unit 8Attack & Defense

DNS Attack

Unit 9Defense

Firewall Exploration

Unit 10Attack & Defense

DNS Rebinding Attack

Unit 11Routing Security

BGP Exploration & Attack Lab

Want to see all reports?

Browse the full GitHub repository

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