Handout 3 Course Outline 5/8/08
CS G254/U645
Network Security
05/06/08: Lecture 1. Course outline & motivation
05/07/08: Lecture 2. Networking concepts & Internet – I
05/08/08: Lecture 3. Internet – II PS1 out
05/12/08: Lecture 4. Internet – III
05/13/08: Lecture 5. How to own the Internet in your spare time
05/14/08: Lecture 6. Worms
and DoS attacks
05/15/08: Lecture 7. Kevin Mitnick attack PS1 due. PS2 out
05/19/08: Lecture 8. Content Delivery Networks and DoS
05/20/08: Lecture 9. Firewalls and VPNs
05/21/08: Lecture 10. Web security
05/22/08: Lecture 11. Cryptography - overview
05/27/08: Lecture 12. Secret key cryptography – I PS2 due
05/28/08: Lecture 13. Secret key cryptography – II.
05/29/08: Mid-Term PS3 out
06/02/08: Lecture 14. Authentication
06/03/08: Lecture 15. Kerberos
06/04/08: Lecture 16. Public key cryptography – I
06/05/08: Lecture 17. Public key cryptography – II Project Proposal due
06/09/08: Lecture 18. Public key
infrastructure PS3 due. PS4 out.
06/10/08: Lecture 19. SSL/TLS vs. Kerberos, Public key vs. secret key
06/11/08: Lecture 20. IPSec
and Secure mail
06/12/08: Lecture 21. Quantum cryptography
06/16/08: Term paper presentations PS4 due
06/17/08: Term paper presentations
06/18/08: Term paper presentations
06/19/08: Final
06/22/08:
Term-paper due