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EE777 Postgraduate

Network Security

Credits
6
Type
Theory
Lecture
3 hr
Half sem
No

Course Content

Different Types of Attacks on Networks, Principles of Cryptography: Symmetric Key Cryptography, Public Key Cryptography, Message Integrity, Cryptographic Hash Functions, Authentication, Digital Signatures, Certificates, Public Key Infrastructure, Securing Email, Transport-Layer Security, Network-Layer Security and Virtual Private Networks, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems, Security in Wireless Local Area Networks, Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Distribution of Trust, Secure Routing in Ad Hoc Networks, Broadcast Authentication Protocols, Wormhole Attacks in Wireless Networks, Physical-Layer Security in Wireless Networks, Security of the Internet of Things, Cryptocurrencies, Onion Routing, Security Games, System-Level Security

Text / References

  1. 1 W. Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice”,Pearson Education, 7 th edition, 2016.C. Kaufman, R. Perlman, M. Speciner, “Network Security: Private Communicationin a Public World”, Pearson Education, 2 nd edition, 2002.J. Edney, W.A. Arbaugh, “Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and802.11i”, Pearson Education, 2004.10.E. Rescorla, “SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems”, Addison-Wesley, 2001.B.L. Menezes, “Network Security and Cryptography”, Wadsworth PublishingCompany Incorporated, 2.K.R. Fall, W.R. Stevens. “TCP/IP illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols” Addison-Wesley, 2011.A. Narayanan, J. Bonneau, E. Felten, A. Miller, S. Goldfeder, “Bitcoin andCryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction”, PrincetonUniversity Press, 2016.Research Papers