INFS 766: INTERNET SECURITY PROTOCOLS

Professor Ravi Sandhu

Spring 2004, Tuesday 5:30pm - 8:40pm, NG

www.profsandhu.com/infs766

Important Notice:

• 5/31/04: The final course schedule is posted and will not be changed.
• 5/24/04: Examination 2 has been posted here Due in class 6/15/04.
• 5/17/04: Assignment 2 has been posted here Due in class 6/15/04.
• 5/10/04: Lecture schedule has been modified. New “SSL trust pitfalls” lecture inserted on 5/18/04. PKCS lecture has been dropped.
• 5/1/04: Examination 1 has been posted here Due in class 5/11/04.
• 4/8/04: Assignment 1 has been posted here Due in class 5/11/04.
• Papers used in homework assignments are available to all GMU students via University Libraries -- Database Wizard . Free reader to open and print pdf is available at the following link: Acrobat Reader.
• Please watch this space for announcements.

Course Prerequisites:    

• Must have completed INFS 612.
• Must be internet, web and pdf (get Acrobat Reader here) capable.

Grading:    

• Grades will be based on examinations and assignments. All examinations and assignments have roughly equal weightage.
• Final grades will be assigned by “curving” grades assigned on individual assignments and examinations.

Schedule: The schedule is subject to change and adjustment as the semester proceeds.

• 3/30/04: Firewalls Slides 2/page | Slides 6/page
• 4/6/04: Firewalls (continued)
  Assignment 1 has been posted here Due in class 5/11/04.
• 4/13/04: Cryptography in network protocols Slides 2/page | Slides 6/page
• 4/20/04: Cryptography in network protocols (continued)
• 4/27/04: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Slides 2/page | Slides 6/page
• 5/4/04: Examination 1 has been posted here Due in class 5/11/04.
• 5/11/04: Digital certificates Slides 2/page | Slides 6/page
  Assignment 2 has been posted here Due in class 6/15/04.
• 5/18/04: SSL Trust Pitfalls Slides. Read the papers listed at the end on slide 25.
• 5/25/04: IPSEC Slides 2/page | Slides 6/page
• 6/1/04: Examination 2 has been posted here Due in class 6/15/04.
• 6/8/04: Kerberos Slides 2/page | Slides 6/page
• 6/15/04: IPSEC (continued).

Reference book:    

• There is no textbook as such. The following is recommended as a backup to the lectures and as a useful reference source. The lectures are not directly based on this book but cover much the same material.
• Network Security; Private Communication in a Public World
  Kaufman, Perlman and Speciner
  2nd edition, 2002
  Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-046019-2

Archives: INFS 766 Spring 2002 | INFS 766 Spring 2001 | INFS 766 Spring 2000