EE466: Cryptography and Network Security

EE 466 - Cryptography and Network Security

Information Security: Principles; services; mechanisms; techniques; attacks. Fundamentals of cryptography; Secret-key cryptography, Encryption algorithms, Hash functions, Message authentication code (MAC), DES, AES; Public-key key cryptography, The discrete log problem, the integer factorization problem, Diffie-Helman key exchange, RSA and Elgamal encryption and digital signatures; Cryptographic protocols and their application to network and information security. Security in computer networks: TCP/IP security; Network attacks including port scanning, DDoS attacks, Botnets; Counter measures and best practices for cyber security; Intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS): Anomaly vs. signature, network vs. host, IDS/IPS evasion techniques; Firewalls and proxies.

 

Textbook: B. Forouzan, “Cryptography and Network Security”, Latest Edition McGraw Hill.

Pre-requisite: EE320

 

Grading Policy:

The grading is as shown below:
5 marks: Attendance.
28 marks: Homework, projects, labs.
30 marks: Midterm exam.
40 marks: Final exam.