Syllabus

TEXTBOOKS:

Required text:

Network Security: Private Communications in a Public World, 2nd edition, 2002, C. Kaufman, R. Perlman, and M. Speciner, Prentice-Hall.

Other text:

Network Security with OpenSSL, 2002, J. Viega, M. Messier, and P. Chandra, O'Reilly & Associates.
Applied Cryptography, 2nd edition, 1996, B . Schneirer, John Wiley & Sons.
Cryptography Engineering, 2010, Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno, John Wiley & Sons.

TOPICS:

1. Cryptographic Algorithms, Tools and Concepts:

       The Internet Threat Model;
          Symmetric Encryption: Stream & Block Ciphers
          Asymmetric (Public/Private) Encryption
          Digest Algorithms
          Key Establishment
          Digital Signature.

2. Security Standards:

       Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocols
         IPSec: The new Security Standard for Internet
         Kerberos
         PKI (Public Key Infrastructure).

3. Securing Internet Applications:

       Electronic Mail Security.
         PEM (Private Enhanced Mail)
         S/MIME
         HTTP and SMTP over SSL/TLS.

4. OpenSSL programming:

      Command-Line Interface
       Symmetric Cryptography
       Hashes and MACs
       Public Key Algorithms
       SSL/TLS Programming.

GRADING:

Assignments: 40%
Midterm Exam: 30%
Final Exam: 30%