Marry Sudheer (MIS graduate, May 2006):
Ms Thesis title: Implementation of IDS in OS kernel

Abstract: Because of increasing of network connectivity computer systems are becoming increasing vulnerable to attack. Attacks often exploit flaws in either operating systems or application programs, the main of these attacks are to do malicious damage to the system and user files for their further use.
 
The remedy of such attacks depends on time, money and developing the system security. One way to do this is by building a tool with in the kernel or relating to kernel architecture, which can monitor and report activities to user and take necessary steps.

This Thesis proposes certain mechanism architecture using neural networks based intrusion in such a way that, this vulnerable attack is reduced to large extent with high security and low cost.

Gantsetseg Miyesuren (MIS graduate, December 2006)
Ms Thesis title: Vulnerabilities of Content Management System (Joomla)

Abstract:  With coming of World Wide Web with no user restriction and open access to everyone Web applications and servers became am easy target for hackers.

Joomla is a content management system based on the web and besides its many core components and modules it lets third party component and modules installed and work with it. This allows the content management system to grow individually and become very powerful system. On the other hand, it increases its vulnerabilities by installing 3rd party, not always secure components.

This growing popularity of Joomla has caused growing interest among hackers too, and recently Joomla was experienced severe attack. Although upgraded version is supposed to have all the security issues fixed there are there might be still small/big vulnerability issues I would like to do research vulnerability issues of the system on certain areas using certain methods, and suggest some methods of hardening Joomla security in my researched area. This research would also help me personally to learn more about the system and take necessary security measures when I am creating an application.    

Shashank Gaddam (MIS graduate, December 2006)
Ms Thesis title: User Location Using WI-FI Technology

Abstract: In the area of increasing wireless connectivity it has become a basic commodity these days for many users to go mobile. As the number of users who use wireless networks increases, a whole new aspect of services that can be provided to users emerge. One such area would be locating other users over a geographical location and to create an application which would keep mobile users connected in a wireless.

This Thesis at first presents the way how a radio map is developed in both indoor and outdoor environments. In order to offer the best Wireless services to the user there is a much need of having a radio map which could accurately give the signal strengths at various locations over the campus. Apart from providing the signal strength information the radio map can be used to find the location of the access point. When a data structure is designed such that for a particular access point (or a node) it should list all the MAC addresses of the mobile systems connected to it.

The main complexity of this project lies obtaining the empirical data for indoor locations. For outdoor locations I used a Netstumbler software in conjunction with a Delomore GPS. These gave the signal strengths for a given geographical location. As the GPS would not function indoors we use the techniques of relating distance from the access point to the amount of signal degraded. Hence in indoor locations by finding the signal strength for a particular location we can determine the distance at which it is located from the access point.