INSE 6120 Cryptographic Protocols and Network Security (Fall 2013)
Tentative course information - subject to change.
Important:
Most course materials will be made available via Concodia's Moodle website.
Moodle should be accessible through the MyConcordia Portal.
If you cannot access the Moodle site, let me know.
Basic Information
Instructor: Mohammad Mannan
Email: m.mannan (at) concordia.ca
Lectures:
Section FF: Tuesdays 17:45-20:15, FG-B060
Section DD: Mondays 17:45-20:15, FG-C070
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Office hours: Tuesdays 1145-13:15, room EV6.221
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Course outline: PDF copy of the course outline is here
Course Description
The course introduces concepts, methodologies, techniques, tools and research
problems in network security. Methods used in the design and analysis of
security protocols, as well as an introduction to the most prominent
cryptographic protocols will be presented. We will address the issue of network
security policies, authentication and authorization services. In addition, we
will address issues such as botnets, darknets and network security monitoring.
More at the ENCS course
website.
Course Textbooks (Optional)
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Protocols for Authentication and Key Establishment,
Boyd and Mathuria (Springer).
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Network Security: Private Communications in a Public
World, 2/e,
Kaufman, Perlman and Speciner (Prentice Hall).
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Handbook of Applied Cryptography,
Menezes, van Oorschot and Vanstone, CRC Press.
The book is available for free online.
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Cryptography and Network Security, 5/e,
Stallings (Prentice Hall, older editions are fine too).
Marking Scheme
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25% - Assignments/Projects (may include programming, report writing and presentations).
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25% - Mid-term exam for both sections: 4-6pm, Saturday, Oct 19, 2013, room
H-937 (Hall Building)
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50% - Final exam (to be scheduled by registrar during exam period)
Academic Integrity Policy
Any form of cheating, plagiarism, impersonation, falsification of a document
as well as any other form of dishonest behaviour by a student is an academic
offence under the Academic Code of Conduct and may lead to severe academic
penalties up to and including suspension and expulsion.
Take the time to learn more at
http://provost.concordia.ca/academicintegrity/
As examples only, you are not permitted to:
- Copy from anywhere without indicating where it came from
- Let another student copy your work and then submit it as his/her own
- Hand in the same assignment in more than one class
- Have unauthorized material or devices in an exam.
Note that you do not have to be caught using them – just having them is an offence
- Copy from someone’s else exam
- Communicate with another student during an exam
- Add or remove pages from an examination booklet or take the booklet out of an exam room
- Acquire exam or assignment answers or questions
- Write an exam for someone else or have someone write an exam for you
- Submit false documents such as medical notes or student records
- Falsify data or research results
Last updated: August 20, 2013