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CS 378 - Network Security and Privacy (56721)

Fall 2007

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1. Course logistics. Introduction to network security.   [PDF]
2. Introduction to cryptographic hash functions.   [PDF]
3. Authentication: passwords, biometrics, challenge-response.   [PDF]
4. Web security: cookies and authentication.   [PDF]
5. Web security: cross-site scripting and SQL injection.   [PDF]
6. Introduction to symmetric encryption.   [PDF]
7. Kerberos.   [PDF]
8. Attacks on TCP/IP and DNS. Denial of service.   [PDF]
9. Botnets and spam.   [PDF]
10. Anti-spam. Phishing and anti-phishing.   [PDF]
11. Stream ciphers. Attacks on CSS.   [PDF]
12. Wi-Fi: attacks on WEP.   [PDF]
13. Wi-Fi: 802.11i.   [PDF]
14. RFID security.   [PDF]
15. Voice-over-IP security.   [PDF]
16. Buffer overflow attacks.   [PDF]
17. Viruses.   [PDF]
18. Worms and rootkits.   [PDF]
19. Firewalls.   [PDF]
20. Intrusion detection.   [PDF]
21. Network telescopes, IP traceback.   [PDF]
22. Introduction to public-key cryptography.   [PDF]
23. PKI, certificates, public-key authentication.   [PDF]
24. IPsec and IKE.   [PDF]
25. TLS.   [PDF]
26. Anonymity networks.   [PDF]