CS649 : Cryptography and Network Security - I

The contents of the course are listed below.

• Introduction
  • Cyber Attacks
  • Defense strategies and techniques
  
  
• Computer Networking Primer
  • Introduction to LANs, IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, TCP/UDP, DNS, HTTP, etc.
  
  
• Mathematical Background for Cryptography
  • Modulo Arithmetic
  • GCD (Euclids Algorithm)
  • Algebraic Structures (Groups)
  • Chinese Remainder Theorem
  
  
• Basics of Cryptography
  • Elementary Ciphers (Substitution, Transposition and their Properties)
  
  
• Secret Key Cryptography
  • DES (Data Encryption Standard)
  • MAC (Message Authentication Codes) and other applications
  • Attacks
  
  
• Public Key Cryptography
  • RSA
  • Performance
  • Practical Issues
  • PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standard)
  
  
• Cryptographic Hash
  • Properties, Applications, Performance
  • Birthday Attack
  
  
• Key Management
  • Digital Certificates
  • PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
  
  
• Authentication
  • One-Way Authentication
  • Mutual Authentication
  • Dictionary Attacks
  • Centralized Authentication
  • The Needham-Schroeder Protocol
  • Kerberos
• Non-cryptographic Protocol Vulnerabilities
  • DoS and DDoS
  • Session Highjacking and Spoofing
  • ARP Spoofing and Attacks on DNS
  
  
• Viruses, Worms, and other Malware
  • Virus and Worm Features
  • Internet Scanning Worms
  • Mobile Malware and Botnets
  
  
• Access Control in Operating Systems
  • Discretionary Access Control
  • Mandatory Access Control
  • Role Based Access Control
  • SELinux and Recent Trends