Computer Engineering BA (B), Network Security, 7.5 Credits
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Datateknik GR (B), Nätverkssäkerhet, 7,5 hp
Computer Engineering BA (B), Network Security, 7.5 Credits
General data
- Code: DT116G
- Subject/Main field: Computer Engineering
- Cycle: First cycle
- Progression: (B)
- Credits: 7,5
- Progressive specialization: G1F - First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
- Education area: Teknik 100%
- Answerable faculty: Faculty of Science, Technology and Media
- Answerable department: Department of Information Technology and Media
- Approved: 2007-06-20
- Date of change: 2013-04-15
- Version valid from: 2013-07-01
Aim
This course covers the procotols, architectures and applications that is used in todays network to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Course objectives
After finishing this course you should be able to:
- account for the mostly used protocols for encryption, digital signatures and certificates,
- explain how to build a network that provides secure operation and protection for users,
- apply secure communication protocols over the Internet, and
- describe how lacking network security can affect society.
Content
Fundamentals of encryption and integrity
- Symmetric- and asymetric encryption (e.g. DES, AES and RSA)
- Hash functions (e.g. HMAC)
- Block- and streamciphers
- Digital signatures
- Random and Pseudorandom numbergenerators
- Key distribution
IP Security
- Authentication header / Encryption Security Header
- Tunnel / transport modes
- Security associations
- Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
Applications for network security
- Authentication (e.g. Kerberos, X509)
- E-mail security (e.g. PGP/GPG, S/MIME)
- Web security (e.g. SSL, TLS)
Firewalls
- Types of firewalls
- Firewall location
Network threats
- Types of attacks ( e.g. worms, (D)DoS )
- Intrusion Detection
Ethical issues in network security
- Cybercrime
- Intellectual Property
- Privacy
- Ethical issues
Entry requirements
Computer Engineering BA (A), 15 credits, including Computer Networks, 7.5 Credits or Network Technology I, 7.5 Credits
Selection rules and procedures
The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.
Teaching form
Early in the course a compulsory activity, Assignment 0, should be conducted.
Examination form
0.0 hp, I006: Assignment 0
Grade: Pass or Fail.
3.0 hp, L106: Laboratory exercises
Grade: Pass or Fail.
1.5 hp, I106, Assignment
Grade: Pass or Fail.
3.0 hp, T106: Exam
Grade: A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. A-E are passing grades, Fx and F are failing grades.
Grading system
Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.
Other information
Those who do not by the third course week conduct Assignment 0, I006, will lose their place as the university registers an "early break".
Course reading
Required literature
- Author: William Stallings
- Title: Network Security Essentials Pearson International Edition
- Ort: Upper Saddle River
- Edition: 4e eller senare
- Publisher: Pearson Education
- URL: http://williamstallings.com/NetworkSecurity/