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