CS 336/536 Computer Network Security
SUMMER TERM 2012
CLASS MEETS 5:20 - 7:20pm Tuesdays and Thursdays in CH 396
Required Lab: to be arranged
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Anthony Barnard (barnard@cis.uab.edu)
www.cis.uab.edu/barnard/barnard.html, 143 Campbell Hall
LAB INSTRUCTOR Michael Jackson
PREREQUISITE CS 334/534 or permission of instructor
REQUIRED BOOKS Network Security Essentials
by William Stallings, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011
Lab Manual will be available in UAB Bookstore
(Mandatory purchase)
SCHEDULE (tentative, except for exams)
Class meeting Material
No. day date chapter(s) topic(s) lab
1 Tue June 5 1 & 2 Introduction, Conventional Encryption
2 Thu 7 2 Encryption, Message Confidentiality
3 Tue 12 3 Message Authentication
4 Thu 14 3 Public-Key Cryptography
5 Tue 19 4 Authentication (X.509)
6 Thu 21 7 E-Mail Security (PGP) Lab 0
7 Tue 26 7 E-mail Security (S/MIME) Lab 0
8 Thu 28 8 IP Security Lab 1
9 Tue July 3 8 IP Security (IPSec) Lab 1
10 Thu 5 EXAM #1 (closed book, Chs 1-4 & Ch 7 + supplements)
11 Tue 10 8 IP Security (ISAKMP) Lab 2
12 Thu 12 5 WWW Security (SSL/TLS) Lab 2
13 Tue 17 5 SSH Lab 3
14 Thu 19 - IEEE 802.11 WEP failure Lab 3
15 Tue 24 6 IEEE 802.11 WPA/TKIP Lab 4
16 Thu 26 - TBA Lab 4
E Thursday August 2 EXAM #2 (closed book, Chs 5, 6,& 8 + supplements)
CS 336 GRADES Exam #1 45% Exam #2 45% Lab completion 10%
"A" > 90% total credit; "B" > 80% total credit
"C" > 70% total credit; "D" > 60% total credit
"F" <= 60% total credit
CS 536 GRADES As for CS 336, with the addition of a term paper
due July 26, 2012.
MAKE-UP EXAMS It will not be possible to give make-up exams;
please do not register for this course if you cannot be
present at the scheduled exams -- July 5 and August 2).
CLASS ATTENDANCE is expected and class participation is encouraged.
last updated May 2, 2012