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Introduction: Attacks, services and mechanisms, security
attacks, security services, model for Internet work security.
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Conventional Encryption: Principles, algorithms, cipher
block modes of operation, location of encryption devices, key
distribution.
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Public key Cryptography: Approaches to message
authentication, secure Hash function & HMAC, public key cryptography
principles, algorithms, digital signature, key management.
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Authentication Applications: Kerberose, X.509 Directory,
authentication service.
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IP Security: Overview, architecture, authentication header,
Encapsulating security payload, Combining security associations, key
management.
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Web Site: Requirement, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) &
Transport Layer Security (TLS), Secure Electronic Transaction (SET).
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Intruders, Viruses &Firewall: Intruders, Viruses &
related threats, Firewall Design Principles, Trusted Systems.
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E-Mail Security: Pretty Grad Privacy (PGP) & S/MIME.
Recommended Books:
1
Stallings – Network Security Essentials, Pearson Education
Asia,2003.
2
Nick Galbreth- Cryptography for database and Internet applications,
Wilcy-Drentech,2002.
3
Stallings – Cryptography & Network Security, Pearson
Education Asia, 2nd Ed. |