The LOD Technical Journal: File #2 of 12 1993-1994 PROGRAM CALENDAR L e g i o n of D o o m TECHNICAL SCHOOL Rather than just educating everyone informally in the ways of computer and telephone security and understanding, the LOD has decided to go all the way with it. No longer are we just a hacking group. The LOD is now offering formal courses the way any other accredited Technical School, College of Applied Arts or University does. Several Reasons lay behind this bold new decision... o Educate people in skills that can be applied to today's job market. o Give a general understanding in computers/telecom. o Offer unique courses that other institutions don't offer. o Instead of people wrongly claiming to be a "hacker" they can now become one. o Offer all those interested a chance to enrol. o And to provide them free of charge. Due to limited resources only the three courses we felt to be the most important are being offered. They will be conducted on a "correspondence" basis. It operates as follows. If you are seriously interested in enroling in these courses, send us Email or snail mail with the completed application form at the end of this calendar. That includes your name, address, phone number, Internet address if applicable and a brief outline of your educational and occupational background. Don't worry though all applicants are accepted. We would however advise everyone that previous experience with a computer is recommended. If sending snail mail be sure to provide a 8X11 size SASE for us to reply to you in. A course outline including a list of required readings and assignment due dates will be mailed back to you. In the outline will be full bibliographic information on the books and soft copy materials you'll need for the course. It will work just like any other course does just without the exams and tests as it would be impossible to adjudicate them. However, because of this and to maintain the integrity of the LOD Technical School papers will be marked sternly at post-secondary standards. After you submit your paper to us an LOD member will mark it and return it to you via snail or email with comments and a grade attached. Now for the best part... You can take these LOD courses as "Courses at another institution". Meaning that yes, in addition to getting your degree, included in it can be LOD courses! ALL educational institutions have provisions for courses to be taken at other institutions. Its a fairly simple procedure. You go to your Office of Student Programmes/department/guidance centre etc. and obtain a form for "taking a course at another institution". Attach the course descriptions from this file and gain permission from the director of your faculty/department/program/etc. and then you are set. Providing you pass our courses with a high enough grade your institution will accept the courses as part of your degree requirements. If your institution has no equivalent courses, they can become "electives". Since you are usually required to take up to 3 elective courses to obtain a degree why not do something you enjoy? After all its more exciting than taking Early Italian Literature as your elective. There is no need to worry about our "legitimacy" as long as you obtain permission to take the course through the proper procedure. An institution does not need any kind of formal designation though the Department/Ministry of Education to provide a course. We are just another one of the millions of institutions throughout the world that offer training or formal courses. These courses can also be used to place you in "Advanced Standing" if you aren't at school now but decide to in the future. Or just for the sake of expanding your horizons/mind/abilities etc. Because we have no set semester schedule, courses start at the first of every month and run for five months. Starting 1 November 1993. Take them at your own convenience. A maximum of one course may be taken at a time. Here are the descriptions to the first 3 LOD Technical School Courses: (Full outlines will accompany your enrolment starting 1 November 1993) ------------CUT HERE--------------------------------------------------------- TEL3440 0.5 Credits Telephony With the rise of sophisticated technology telephony is becoming much more complex. The entire telephone network from customer premises equipment to switching systems will be covered. Recent trends such as ISDN, BISDN, fiber optics and data networking will also be studied. CSC3450 0.5 Credits Computer Security With the rise of computers, securing them against criminal or malicious use has become vital. Surprisingly little attention has been devoted to it leaving many systems wide open to abuse. Covered in this course will be the security of LANs, networks and various operating systems. Cryptology will be examined as well. HCK4100 0.5 Credits Intro to Hacking Despite all the attention hackers have received, there is only a small core of no more than a few hundred people in the world that have the skills to actually hack. Starting with the basics of hacking it will guide you into more advanced intrusion techniques with the more popular operating systems. This course may be taken based on your own abilities, so master hacker or just plain novice it will fit you. PSNs, Internets, basic hacking on popular operating systems such as unix and vax will be covered along with other operating systems and nets depending on your time/prior abilities. ------------CUT HERE--------------------------------------------------------- Career Opportunities After passing our courses you will be able to supplement your job skills for finding employment in any sector of the economy - Business, Industry or Government that deals with computers/telecom. Remember these are FREE courses. They have a retail value of around US $1,250 each if taken at a high-quality University in the US. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn something you enjoy doing for FREE. The Legion of Doom believes in disseminating knowledge so is offering these courses as a public service to the world. Finally they are well worth your time. They are done in highly organized with carefully selected readings and assignments. It would take years of self-study to achieve what you can with these courses in just a few months. And because we don't spout out loads of useless and academic theory, math and equations like most institutions you'll learn far more here. Since these are "correspondence" courses you must have a high degree of self- discipline and motivation. If you lack these qualities don't waste your time or ours by attempting them. They will take at least several hours of week on your part, so if you can't put aside such time don't bother with them. If you would like to take these courses send the enclosed application form (either in email or snail mail) to the Legion of Doom Technical School at: Internet: tdc@zooid.guild.org Mail: LOD P.O. Box 104 4700 Keele St. M3J-1P3 -------------CUT HERE-------------------------------------------------------- LOD Technical School Application Form %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Note: The start date for these courses is 1 November, 1993. They are 5 months in duration. Right now applications are only being taken for the 1 November start date. You may take a maximum of one course at a time. PERSONAL DATA (If any of this is left blank, your application will be rejected) Course you wish to sign up for: Surname: Given Name: Daytime Phone Number (include NPA): Office Phone Number w/Ext.: Internet Email address (leave blank if none): Address: Apartment #: City/Town: State/Province: Postal/Zip Code: Country: SUPPLEMENTARY DATA Describe your computer related skills and experience: - - What operating systems are you fluent in? - Briefly describe your educational background: - - - - - Your occupational background: - - - - - Do you have the self-discipline, dedication and time to apply yourself here? - - Please include any other information that you feel we should be aware of, or any questions you may have: - - - - - - - - -------------CUT HERE-------------------------------------------------------- Send the completed form to us at one of the above addresses. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------