#wk05

[annabananaposts-blog1]

Something Awesome Update

I tested the USB on my sister’s computer and it seemed to work fine. I have looked into selecting certain folders and have found out a way to do so. If you wanted to go into a certain directory, you would type:

%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\{enter directory here}" "%/DRIVE%\test\backup"

so for example, if I wanted to copy things from the pictures directory i would do:

%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%/Pictures" "%/DRIVE%\test\backup"

To enter folders, you would need to add another forward slash to the pathname and add the folder name, such as:

%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%/C:/Programs/" "%/DRIVE%\test\backup"

I’ve further investigated how to copy certain file types, such as text documents of images. Below are a few examples

%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%/Desktop/.jpg" "%/DRIVE%\test\backup" %backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%/Desktop/.png" "%/DRIVE%\test\backup" %backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%/Desktop/.pdf" "%/DRIVE%\test\backup"

Basically in the first example above, what I’m doing is copying all the images of type .jpg on the Desktop to my USB drive.

[annabananaposts-blog1]

The Trouble with Passwords

Learning Module Exercise:

Letter to my Grandma

Hi nan, I wanted to let you know that since you’re new to computer systems and such, I wanted to give you a bit of advice on how you should properly secure your accounts - by changing your passwords to something more complicated. Yes I know, it’s a hassle but it’s something I would really encourage you to do to protect yourself. My friend who has multiple banking accounts was just hacked a few weeks ago, and since her login credentials were all the same, every single account got hacked. That’s a lot of money gone to hackers! She was told that it was going to be looked into, but the main problem was how easy her password was. I don’t wantthe same happening to you, someone could hack into your accounts, find out everything about you and  become a target for them since you’re so frail. I suggest taking the first letter of all your daughters/sons in order and adding your favourite number to the end, or using one of your well known phrases such as ‘Old men are none the wiser’ and user the first letters of each words, like this: Omantw, and add in a your favourite number, like this: Omantw00. Of course, I want you to have different passwords for different accounts, so maybe try to associate old sayings to how you feel about different websites and such.

[annabananaposts-blog1]

OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities

A2-Broken Authentication

An application will become vulnerable to broken authentication if it permits the ability for attackers to brute force or have any other automated attacks such as credential stuffing (using a list of valid credentials to attack), inputting weak/well known passwords, going through forgot-password processes and such.

Attackers will have access to millions of usernames and passwords, administrative accounts, and dictionary attacking methods. They are able to attack systems due to the design of identity and access controls. As a result whole systems are compromised which can lead to money laundering, identity theft and the release of private information.

These vulnerabilities can be prevented through increasing the security of the system, such as adding multi-factor authentication, having weak password checks, limit login attempts and alerting administrators if attacks are detected.

In more simpler terms, Broken Authentication is a vulnerability that targets login credentials in an attempt gain access to the user’s account for illegal purposes.

[annabananaposts-blog1]

Vulnerabilities

This week’s learning module requires us to find vulnerabilities in Martha’s recipes:

Vanilla Cake:

units for preheating is incorrrect, should be 180C not 180F

no unit of measurement is given for flour, baking powder, crea, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla essence

Caramel Slice:

100g extra butter mentioned in ingredients list but not used

2 x 395 sweetened condensed milk also not used and no unit of measurment

1/3 cup golden syrup unused

missing methods, only base and chocloate topping made not the middle parts of the caramel slice

Cheese Slice

doesnt tell you how much butter to melt as some of it is being used to butter the souffle dish

By critcally analysing recipies, we see the vulnerabilites which we can in a sense take advantage of if instead of these recipies, it were important pieces of codes to a software or such.

[rmcad-experience-design]

for wk05: 6/6

Prepare an Ignite-style presentation* (5 minutes, 20 slides). Presentation should summarize the project objective (see syllabus), your research, and your initial concept.

Use the following high-level outline:

What is the objective?

What research did you do?

What did you discover? What does it mean?

What's your café concept? How is it different?

Whom is it for? (Personas, 3 slides)

Mood board (for interior look & feel)

What 3 evidences of service touch-points do you plan to design? (one print, one environmental, one digital)

*Remember:

Show; don't tell.

Slides should have no more than 6 bullet points each.

Use a minimum of 24pt type on your slides!

[rmcad-information-visualiza-blog]

for wk05: 5/4

Review Cairo chapters 2 & 3 up to page 50, if you're feeling stuck.

*If you are visualizing data, check out the 'DataPoints-Ch3' PDF in Dropbox (from Nathan Yau's new book, Data Points).

Or check out Nathan Yau's response to this Smashing Mag article.

Note the 7 genres of narrative visualization (Segel & Heer, 2010):

Create 3 draft layouts for your poster, following this technique:

A. Write narrative copy for your poster:

a brief introductory/overview paragraph to the topic

a paragraph or so for each subcategory/heading

B. Sketch, sketch, sketch away!

C. Print out A. and photocopy B.

D. Create 3 layouts for your poster using the print-outs from C.

Come prepared Tuesday for a soft crit.

[rmcad-interaction-design]

for Th 2/7

Review Designing for the Digital Age pp. 456-460 (Goodwin)

Read 'Designing Screens Using Cores and Paths' (Boxes and Arrows)

Consider:

What is the core of the DMV redesign?

What are the inward paths?

What are the outward paths?

Translate your user scenario into a sketched UI storyboard.*

Refer to Designing for the Digital Age pp. 456-460 (Goodwin)

Use broad pen tips and a few colors.

Each panel should be no larger than a post-it note.

Annotate functional UI elements. (Use arrows and label them. See book example.)

Each panel should represent the UI state that corresponds to one step in the process.

That step (from your user scenario) is the caption for the panel.

Enumerate either the panels or caption.

*The scenario you wrote in pairs. The UI storyboard you are each sketching individually.

[rmcad-interaction-design]

for Tu (2/5)

Read Designing for the Digital Age chapters 14 & 16 (Goodwin):

You may skim the Project Management sections (pp 385b-389 and 473b-476a)

Pay special attention to sections that discuss principles, process, roles, and challenges.

Complete the redesign of the key path (taskflow) for Renewing a Driver's License ('future now' not 'future next').

Create a vector version of the one we generated in class Thursday.

Sketch out the branch portion of the key path with (at minimum) 1. the taskflow mapped out and 2. requirements codes (from the Google doc) annotated where they apply in the taskflow.

Each requirement code should be annotated at least once in the whole key path.

Bring these to class and pin them up by 3:10 Tuesday.

Also bring your sketching implements (to every class).