CNT4406/5412: Network Security

Course Information

Instructor: Zhi Wang
Email: zwang at cs dot fsu dot edu (preferred way to communicate)
Office: 172 LOVE Bldg
Phone: (850) 645-0476
Class Meeting: 103 LOVE Bldg; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; 1:25 - 2:15pm
Office Hour: Tuesday 2:30-4:30 pm, or by appointment
TA: Umit Karabiyik Office: MCH 106B Office hours: Monday/Tuesday 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Required Textbook: Charles Kaufman, Radia Perlman and Mike Speciner Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2002

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Schedules

Lecture Slides Topic Reading
Lecture 1 slides 1 Introduction and a primer on networking (2) Chapter 1
Lecture 2 slides 2 Introduction to cryptograph (1) Chapter 2
Lecture 3 slides 3 Secret key cryptograph (3.5) Chapter 3 and 4
Lecture 4 slides 4 Cryptographic hash function(1.5)) Chapter 5
Lecture 5 slides 5 Basic number theory(2) Chapter 7
Lecture 6 slides 6 Public key cryptograph(2) Section 6.1~6.6
Lecture 7 slides 7 Authentication(3) Chapter 9, 10, and 12
Lecture 8 slides 8 Security handshake pitfalls (2) Chapter 11
Lecture 9 slides 9 PKI (2) Chapter 15
Lecture 10 slides 10 Real-time Communication Security (1) Chapter 17
Lecture 11 slides 11 IPsec/IKE (1) Chapter 17
Lecture 12 slides 12 IPsec/IKE (1) Chapter 18
Lecture 13 slides 13 SSL Chapter 19
Lecture 14 slides 14 Firewall and IDS Chapter 23
Lecture 15 slides 15 Special Topics N/A
Lecture 16 slides 16 Special Topics N/A

The schedule is tentative and subject to change with announcements in class. Please check back at least once a weekly.

Homework

Homework will be posted on the blackboard with email announcements. Please check your email routinely. You may find a Latex tutorial here.

Extra Topics (To be updated)

Syllabus

The course's syllabus can be found here.

Links about Web Security

Security Now

Threatpost: the first stop for secuirty news

The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications

Browser Security Handbook

Web Application Exploits and Defenses