Network Security

Course Description

Security has become one of the essential aspects of networking. This course covers the need for and the building blocks of network and information security, threats to our networks today and fundamental principles of secure network design. It also provides coverage of different threat landscape topics and common attacks such as VLAN hopping, MAC snooping and denial-of-service (DoS). The course introduces VPNs and the related ingredients of cryptography. The course ends by presenting various firewall concepts and the technologies used by them.

Keywords:

LAN attacks, ICMP, Risk Analysis, IPsec, ACL, Firewall.

Prerequisites:

Low-Level Networking.

Teaching Team:

None.

Teaching Language:

English.

Course Organization:

Syllabus

Week 1: Networks Fundamentals  

Week 2: Villain VLANs & Cutting Down the (Spanning) Trees  

Week 3: The Art of War in The LAN Land  

Week 4: Evil ICMP, Careless TCP & Boring Security Analyses  

Week 5: The Hitchhicker's Guide for IPsec Cryptography  

Week 6: 'V' as in VPN  

Week 7: "You Shall Not Pass!" By Access Control List  

Week 8: Firewall and Farewell