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