Dr Andrew Scott
G7VAV
Senior Lecturer
School of Computing
and Communications
D35 InfoLab21
Lancaster University
Lancaster, LA1 4WA
United Kingdom
School of Computing
and Communications
D35 InfoLab21
Lancaster University
Lancaster, LA1 4WA
United Kingdom
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SCC 439: Network System Security
- Introduction:
- Attacker and defender
- Security concepts
- Security trade-off
- Cryptographic Techniques:
- Symmetric key cryptography
- Public key cryptograpy
- Hash functions
- Digital signatures
- Key Management
- Network Security:
- Designing secured communication protocols
- Security on transport, network and application layer
- Internet security protocols
- Examples of good and bad protocol design
- Breaking communication protocols
- System Security:
- Firewalls and intrusion detection systems
- Specific threats on end-systems
- Architectural and OS issues
- Viruses, worms, trojan horses, etc.
- Examples of how to secure larger systems
Recommended Texts
Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C
John Wiley & Sons, 16 November 1995, Paperback: 758 pages
ISBN:0471117099
Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems
John Wiley & Sons, 11 April 2008, Hardcover: 1080 pages
ISBN:0470068523
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18.97.9.168
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