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- The LOD Technical Journal: File #2 of 12
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- 1993-1994 PROGRAM CALENDAR
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- TECHNICAL SCHOOL
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- 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.
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- Several Reasons lay behind this bold new decision...
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Here are the descriptions to the first 3 LOD Technical School Courses: (Full
- outlines will accompany your enrolment starting 1 November 1993)
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Career Opportunities
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- Internet: tdc@zooid.guild.org
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- Mail: LOD
- P.O. Box 104
- 4700 Keele St.
- M3J-1P3
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- LOD Technical School Application Form
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- 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.
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- PERSONAL DATA
- (If any of this is left blank, your application will be rejected)
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- 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):
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- Address:
- Apartment #:
- City/Town:
- State/Province:
- Postal/Zip Code:
- Country:
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- SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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- Describe your computer related skills and experience:
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- What operating systems are you fluent in?
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- Briefly describe your educational background:
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- Do you have the self-discipline, dedication and time to apply yourself here?
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- Please include any other information that you feel we should be aware of, or
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- Send the completed form to us at one of the above addresses.
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