Time and Place: Thursday 7:20~10:00pm at Science & Tech II Room 7
Instructor: Dr. Duminda Wijesekera
Office: Room 351 S&T II
Office phone: (703) 993-1578
Office hours: Tuesday 3:00PM~4:00PM
Thursday 6:00PM~7:00PM
or by appointment
Email: dwijesek@gmu.edu
Teaching Assistant: Ram Krishnan
Office hours: Monday 2:00PM - 3:00PM; Tuesday 2:00PM - 3:00PM at Science & Tech II, Room 468
Email: rkrishna@gmu.edu
The objective of this course to is provide comprehensive introduction to the security problems in the Internet, and the principles, techniques and their applications in building Internet security protocols. In addition, we will examine existing Internet security techniques and protocols and discuss about open problems in Internet security. Topics include secret key and public key cryptography, Hash algorithms, basic number theory, authentication, steganography/information hiding, IPSEC/VPN, IPSEC key exchange, SSL/TLS, firewall, intrusion tracing and response, worms and virus.
INFS 612 or equivalent
INFS 601 or equivalent
Strong network programming
Required: Network Security, Private Communication in a Public World 2nd Edition by C. Kaufman, R. Perlman, M. Speciner.
Reference: Network Security Essentials 2nd Edition by W. Stallings.
Relevant research papers for advanced topics will be included.
Assignments
30%
Midterm Exam
40%
Term Paper
30%
Assignments include paper homeworks and programming projects. The midterm exam is a closed book exam. The term paper include a 10~20 minutes presentation in class and a final report of no more than 15 pages. The term paper could be:
· Research Paper
o You can work on original research problems. The outcome should be a paper with original technical contribution.
o Your grade on this will be judged on originality, soundness of the approach, and quality of presentation.
o Example Topics:
§ New Attacks to Well-Accepted Techniques or Standards
§ Wireless Security
§ Key Management
§ Denial-of-Service Attack
§ Intrusion Detection and Response
§ Intrusion Tracing
§ Information Hiding/Steganography/Watermarking
§ IPSEC/VPN
§ Firewall
§ Authentication
§ Access Control
§ Authorization
§ Worm & Virus Detection
§ etc.
· Survey Paper
o You can write a paper that surveys a particular field on information security. The outcome should be a paper that summarizes the trend in the field you have chosen. Your grade will be judged on the completeness of the survey, the quality of the trend analysis, and the quality of presentation.
o Example Topics:
§ New Attacks to Well-Accepted Techniques or Standards
§ Wireless Security
§ Key Management
§ Intrusion Detection and Response
§ Denial-of-Service Attack
§ Intrusion Tracing
§ Information Hiding/Steganography/Watermarking
§ IPSEC/VPN
§ Firewall
§ Authentication
§ Access Control
§ Authorization
§ Worm & Virus Detection
§ etc.
All assignments, term paper must be done individually by each student, unless explicitly required otherwise..
The final grades are computed according to the following rules:
· A+: >= 95%
· A: >= 90% and < 95%
· A-: >= 85% and < 90%
· B+: >= 80% and < 85%
· B: >= 75% and < 80%
· B-: >= 70% and < 75%
· C+: >= 66% and < 70%
· C: >= 63% and < 66%
· C-: >= 60% and < 63%
· D+: >= 56% and < 60%
· D: >= 53% and < 56%
· D-: >= 50% and < 53%
· F: < 50%.
All students are required to follow all university, school and department policies regarding academic integrity. Violator of the Honor Code will result in a grade of F for the course, as well as any penalties imposed by the university and/or the ISE department.