Network Security

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Understand the importance of network security. They will be exposed to the concept of securing information transmission through the network using various encryption techniques and underlying technologies that enable the current commercial activities via unsecure Internet.

Topics :

1. Overview
2. Classical Encryption Techniques
3. Block Ciphers and the Data Encryption Standard
4. Block Cipher Operation
5. Pseudorandom Number Generation and Stream Ciphers
6. Public-Key Cryptography and RSA
7. Cryptographic Hash Functions
8. Key Management and Distribution
9. User Authentication Protocols
10. Transport-Level Security
11. Wireless Network Security
12. Electronic Mail Security
13. IP Security
14. Number Theory