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Course Name Network Security
Course Code 18SN614
Program M. Tech. in Cyber Security Systems & Networks
Semester 4
Credits Amritapuri
Year Taught 2018

Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Introduction – Overview of computer networks and network security

Application layer – Overview of HTTP, FTP, SMTP and DNS and socket programming. Weaknesses, vulnerabilities and attacks against above protocols – hijacking, spoofing and DoS attacks. Attacks using above protocols: simple, amplified and distributed DoS attacks.

Application layer security – Goals, cryptography primitives and principles, TLS – Objectives, protocol, working and features, PGP: Overview, objective, working, features and limitations. Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention Systems.Future directions. Transport layer – Introduction, objectives, unreliable data transfer and UDP, general principles of reliable data transfer, TCP: Overview, reliable data transfer, flow control, congestion control. Attacks against transport layer protocols: UDP flooding, TCP spoofing, TCP connection hijacking, TCP SYN flood.

Network layer – Addressing schemes(IPv4 and IPv6), Forwarding and routing in Internet, Routing algorithms, Routing protocols in Internet(OSPF, RIP and BGP), BGP security, ICMP, NAT, IPSec – Introduction, Tunnel and Transfer Modes, IPSec Authentication Header, Encapsulating Security Header and Payload, IPSec Key Exchange and VPNs.

Link layer – Introduction and services, Link layer addressing, Multiple Access Protocols, Ethernet, ARP, Attacks against and vulnerabilities in ARP.

Text Books / References

  • Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education Asia, 2002.
  • William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security”, Fifth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011.
  • W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner and Andrew M. Rudoff, “Unix Network Programming,Vol.1: The Sockets Networking API”, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003.

Resources

“Network Security” is a course offered in the first semester of M. Tech. in Cyber Security Systems & Networks program at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri.

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