The Timeline for the Project Constructing Virtual Laboratory

for Research and Education

Team Members: Melissa Nichols and Nathan Torrez
Mentor: Anyi Liu, Ph.D.

Week Task
Week One Research the background about the
project
Get familiar with CloudLab,
OpenStack, and Amazon EC2

Week Two Get familiar with SecureCRT

Get familiar with current Python code
Continue to get familiar with
CloudLab, OpenStack, and Amazon
EC2
Write the module that can set up
different domains using the
OpenStack API and Python (Part 1)
Conduct research on constructing
virtual laboratory
Week Three Continue setting up the domains using
the OpenStack API and Python (Part
2)
Week Four Wrap up Domains Construction
Begin creating Metasploit and
Metasploitable experiment framework
Prepare for midterm presentation
Week Five Continue working on midterm
presentation
Finish creating Metasploit and
Metasploitable experiment framework
Write the module that can change
network topologies using OpenStack
API (Part 1)
Week Six Write the module that can change
network topologies using OpenStack
API (Part 2)
Start working on the module that can
change the routing rules (Part 2)
Week Seven Continue working on the module that
can change the routing rules (Part 2)
Draft the research paper

Week Eight Improve the performance and

efficiency of the virtual laboratory
Refine the user interface
Work on the poster
Continue work on research paper
Week Nine Conduct tests in virtual laboratory
environment
Revise research paper
Continue work on poster
If possible, work with VMI library
(libVMI)
Week Ten Finalize research paper
Finalize poster
Finalize tests and scripts