Information Security Fall 2025 Lab

This guide explains how to set up the Information Security Fall 2025 Lab application locally using Python.

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Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or higher installed
• Git (optional, for cloning the repository)
• Docker (optional, for containerized setup)

Option I: Local Python Setup

1. Create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv

2. Activate the virtual environment

Windows (PowerShell):

.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 OR ~.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 OR ./venv/bin/activate

Windows (CMD):

.\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

Linux / macOS / Git Bash / MSYS:

source venv/bin/activate

3. Install required packages

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the application

python app.py

The application will start at:

http://127.0.0.1:5000

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Option II: Docker Setup

On Linux

docker build -t infosec_lab .
docker run -it -p 5000:5000 \
  -v $(pwd):/app \
  -v $(pwd)/uploads:/app/uploads \
  -v $(pwd)/infosec_lab.db:/app/infosec_lab.db \
  -e FLASK_APP=app.py \
  -e FLASK_ENV=development \
  infosec_lab

The application will start at:

http://127.0.0.1:5000

On windows:

docker build -t infosec_lab .
docker run -it -p 5000:5000 `
  -v ${PWD}:/app `
  -v ${PWD}/infosec_lab.db:/app/infosec_lab.db `
  -e FLASK_APP=app.py `
  -e FLASK_ENV=development `
  infosec_lab

The application will start at:

http://127.0.0.1:5000

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Features

• Registration with Name, Andrew ID, and Password
• Login using Andrew ID + Password
• Personalized greeting after login:

  Hello {Name}, Welcome to Lab 0 of Information Security course. Enjoy!!!

• Logout returns to the landing page

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Database

• SQLite database: infosec_lab.db
• Schema source of truth: schema.sql (edit here to add tables/columns)
• Auto-created on first run by executing schema.sql

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Folder Structure

InfoSec_Fall2025/
│── app.py
│── requirements.txt
│── readme.md
│── schema.sql
│── scripts/
│   └── dump_db.py
    |__ reset_db.py
│── static/
│    └── style.css
│── templates/
│    └── base.html, index.html, login.html, register.html, dashboard.html
└── infosec_lab.db  (auto-created)

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Script Folder

The project includes a scripts/ folder with a simple reset utility.

• Optional reset:

  python scripts/reset_db.py

• Optional dump database:

  python scripts/dump_db.py

Link to download:

• Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
• Docker: https://docs.docker.com/get-started/get-docker/
• VScode: https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Note: Youtube Tutorials may help in installation process

• What is Flask? https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/