Cyberspace odyssey (CSO) is a novel serious game supporting computer networking education by engaging students in a race to successfully perform various cybersecurity tasks in order to collect clues and solve a puzzle in virtual near-Earth three-dimensional space. Each team interacts with the game server through a dedicated client presenting a multimodal interface, using a game controller for navigation and various desktop computer networking tools of the trade for cybersecurity tasks on the game's physical network. Specifically, teams connect to wireless access points, use packet monitors to intercept network traffic, decrypt and reverse engineer that traffic, craft well-formed and meaningful responses, and transmit those responses. Successful completion of these physical network actions to solve a sequence of increasingly complex problems is necessary to progress through the virtual story-driven adventure. Use of the networking tools reinforces networking theory and offers hands-on practical training requisite for today's cyber operators. This article presents the learning outcomes targeted by a classroom intervention based on CSO, the design and implementation of the game, a pedagogical overview of the overall intervention, and four years of quantitative and qualitative data assessing its effectiveness.

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Cyber​​space Odyssey：面向团队的竞争性计算机网络严肃游戏

Cyber​​space odyssey（CSO）是一种新颖的严肃游戏，通过使学生参与成功完成各种网络安全任务的竞赛来支持计算机网络教育，以收集线索并解决虚拟近地三维空间中的难题。每个团队通过一个专用的客户端与游戏服务器进行交互，该客户端提供一个多模式界面，使用游戏控制器进行导航和各种台式计算机网络贸易工具用于游戏物理网络上的网络安全任务。具体来说，团队连接到无线访问点，使用数据包监视器来拦截网络流量，解密和反向处理流量，制作格式正确且有意义的响应，然后传输这些响应。要完成虚拟故事驱动的冒险，必须成功完成这些物理网络操作以解决一系列日益复杂的问题。网络工具的使用加强了网络理论，并为当今的网络运营商提供了动手实践培训。本文介绍了基于CSO的课堂干预目标的学习成果，游戏的设计和实现，总体干预的教学概况，