CENG 472

Network Security

Link Encryption, End-to-End Encryption, Network and Internet Based Attacks, Firewalls, Email Security Issues, Web Based Security Issues, Disaster Recovery, C2 Functionality Stand-alone vs Network Operation, Hackers and Crackers, Network Crackings.

Course Objectives

1. To teach the fundamentals of computer network security.

2. To provide students with the fundementals of network package security.

3. To teach the fundementals of computer local/cooperate network security.

Recommended or Required Reading

w. Stallings, Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards , Prentice-Hall, 2010. ,C. Kaufman, R. Perlman, M. Speciner, Network Security: PRIVATE Communication in a PUBLIC World , Prentice-Hall, 2002.

Learning Outcomes

1. Know and compare different network security approaches.

2. Analyze network security problems, design and implement solutions.

3. Demonstrate the ability to abstract in security context.

4. Apply security engineering methods to real world problems.

Topics
Introduction to computer network security
Symetric encryption
Asymetric encryption
Access control
Distributed acess control
E-mail security
IP security with IPSEC
Security in network management
Attacts to computer networks
Firewalls
Firewall policies
Technologies used with firewalls (NAT, VPN)
Attact an intrusion detection systems 1
Attact an intrusion detection systems 2

Grading

Midterm: 30%

Presentation: 40%

Final: 30%