Department of Computer Science

CSC-307: Professional Practices

Semester 7 Section C (Spring 2021)

Assignment 3
Marks: 10
Student’s name: MISBAH NADIR Enroll#: 02-134181-109

Note:

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● Submission date: 14-June-2021(The deadline for this assignment is
before or on Monday June 14, 2021.)
● WARNING: This is an individual assignment. you must solve it
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assignment.
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CSC-307: Professional Practices
Semester 7 Section C (Spring 2021)

Question # 1
Read a few items in the current issue of the Risks Digest
(www.csl.sri.com/users/risko/risks.txt). Write a summary of
two items.
ANSWER:
1. Unsafe cookies leave WordPress accounts open to
hijacking, 2-factor bypass.
This issue basically is based on unsecured network or a
public wifi connection. So the hacker can easily hijack your
site because wordpress send a key browser cookie in a plain
text rather than encrypting it that is notice by Yan Zhu, who
is a staff technologist at Electronic Frontier Foundation.

2. How the NSA tampers with U.S.-made Internet

routers
This issue is based on legal rule. The things that have been
revealed about how the U.S. has behaved in the last 15 years
are precisely the things which, during the Cold War, were
cited as things the U.S. would never do, and hence
distinguished the
U.S. from The Bad Guys. If we don't want to be The Bad
Guys, stop pretending we can behave like them and get
away with it.
The entire purpose of the Constitution was to ensure that the
government
isn't making up rules as it sees fit for its convienence.
The fact that nobody has gone to jail for the gross violations
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committed
over the last 15 years is a Constitutional Atrocity. The fact
the Supreme
Court has decided to have the Constitution reprinted on
4"x4" squares in 400
sheet rolls doesn't make it right; it only makes it legal.

Question # 2
Suppose you are responsible for the design and development
of a computer system to control an amusement park ride.
Sensors in the seats will determine which seats are occupied,
so the software can consider weight and balance. The system
will control the speed and duration of the ride. The
amusement park wants a system where, once the ride starts,
a person is not needed to operate it.
List some important things that you can or should do to
ensure the safety of the system. Consider all aspects of
development, technical issues, operating instructions, and so
on.
ANSWER:
 Do not use public Wi-Fi.
 Install a security system
 Always use updated browser
 Keep your password strong and hard to guess
 Install anti-virus protection
 Computer system must have proper firewall
 Backup regularly
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Question # 3
After making a programming change in a major bank’s
computer system, an employee forgot to enter certain
commands. As a result, approximately 800,000 direct
deposits received by the bank were not posted to the
customer accounts until the next day.
What are some potential consequences of the error? If you
were the bank president, what would you say in a statement
to the news media
or your customers?
ANSWER:
The error of potential consequences can interrupt the
business.
At this time many things will run in his mind. There are
several things that effects the client due to this error. There
could be some major business loss ad lost any contract due
to this insufficient amount in his bank. Therefore, he was
waiting for this amount.
As a bank president, I would like to say in a statement to the
new paper. This a technical issue hand we have to resolved it
very soon. we are feeling apologize for this mistake in future
we could not do this again. we are reputed bank and don’t
want to destroyed our value and status by these type of silly
mistakes do again in future. We will give values our
customers and his feelings. We will provide some privileges
for our mistake.
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