389.159 Network Security
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2020S, VU, 2.0h, 3.0EC
TUWEL

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: VU Lecture and Exercise

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to:

- explain basic concepts of network security
- describe how cryptographic methods work (including RSA, ElGamal, Diffie-Hellman, Elliptic Curve Cryptography)
- solve arithmetic problems on cryptographic methods
- describe and apply methods of anomaly detection
- use selected network data analysis and anomaly detection tools to analyze network data for different questions

Subject of course

Security objectives in communication networks, threats and attack techniques, cryptography (basic  concepts, selected topics), security concepts for communication protocols, network supervision techniques, network data analysis, anomaly detection methods, practical exercises.

Teaching methods

Presentation of slides with additional explanations on the blackboard, laboratory exercises

Mode of examination

Immanent

Additional information

All lectures start at 13:15.

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
Tue13:00 - 15:0003.03.2020 - 10.03.2020EI 2 Pichelmayer HS - ETIT VU Network Security
Network Security - Single appointments
DayDateTimeLocationDescription
Tue03.03.202013:00 - 15:00EI 2 Pichelmayer HS - ETIT VU Network Security
Tue10.03.202013:00 - 15:00EI 2 Pichelmayer HS - ETIT VU Network Security

Examination modalities

written exam, laboratory report, oral exam

Exams

DayTimeDateRoomMode of examinationApplication timeApplication modeExam
Thu15:00 - 16:0025.04.2024EI 4 Reithoffer HS written03.04.2024 00:00 - 18.04.2024 23:59TISS2024-04-25-Exam-NetSec-Theory
Thu15:00 - 16:0025.04.2024EI 3 Sahulka HS - UIW written03.04.2024 00:00 - 18.04.2024 23:59TISS2024-04-25-Exam-NetSec-Theory
Tue12:00 - 13:0030.04.2024EI 3 Sahulka HS - UIW written02.04.2024 00:00 - 25.04.2024 23:59TISS2024-04-30-Exam-NetSec-Theory
Fri15:00 - 16:0003.05.2024EI 3 Sahulka HS - UIW written15.04.2024 00:00 - 28.04.2024 23:59TISS2024-05-03-Exam-Netsec-Theory (REPEATER)
Fri15:00 - 16:0003.05.2024EI 4 Reithoffer HS written15.04.2024 00:00 - 28.04.2024 23:59TISS2024-05-03-Exam-Netsec-Theory (REPEATER)

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
10.02.2020 00:00 30.03.2020 23:59 30.03.2020 23:59

Curricula

Literature

Slides will be made available to registered students in TISS. The slides contain all information required to pass the exam.

The following links provide additional information about the topics. Links to further sources (papers, etc.) about specific topics will be given in the lectures.

Introduction to Network Security

  • Mark Stamp: Information Security: Principles and Practice John Wiley & Sons, 2011
  • Cheswick, Bellovin, Rubin: Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition, 2003
  • Kaufman, Perlman, Speciner: Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World, Prentice Hall; 2 edition, 2002
Introduction to Cryptography
 
  • Goldwasser, Bellare: Lecture Notes on Cryptography, July 2008 (available at http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~mihir/papers/gb.pdf)

Protocols

Previous knowledge

Basic knowledge about communication networks, especially IP networks (e.g., from VO Communication Networks 1)

Language

English