Professor assigns hacking homework to students

Now this is the sort of assignment I wouldn't mind doing, wonder if the OU has anything similiar in the pipeline?

According to the SANS Institute a professor at an undisclosed university recently assigned a practical for his computer-security class.

The practical, which is worth 15 percent of the students final grade, requires students to perform reconnaissance on an internet server using open source security tools.

ref: http://www.securitydump.com/content141.html
ref: http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1155