CS 336/536 Computer Network Security

SUMMER TERM 2010

                
CLASS MEETS       To be announced
                 
        
INSTRUCTOR	  Dr. Anthony Barnard (barnard 'at'cis.uab.edu)
                  www.cis.uab.edu/barnard/barnard.html, 143 Campbell Hall

LAB INSTRUCTOR    To be announced

PREREQUISITE      CS 334/534 or permission of instructor
        
REQUIRED BOOKS    Network Security Essentials
                  by William Stallings, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007                                                         
                  Lab Manual will be available in UAB Bookstore
                                                    (Mandatory purchase)

SCHEDULE

   NOTE: This is the schedule for Summer 2009
           The schedule for Summer 2010 is expected to be very similar.

Class meeting                 Material
No. day   date      chapter(s)      topic(s)                    lab

 1   Tue  June  2       1 & 2   Introduction, Conventional Encryption
 2   Thu        4       2       Encryption, Message Confidentiality
 3   Tue        9       3       Message Authentication 
 4   Thu       11       3       Public-Key Cryptography 
 5   Tue       16       4       Authentication (Kerberos)
 6   Thu       18       4       Authentication (X.509)           
 7   Tue       23       5       E-Mail Security (PGP)            Lab 0
 8   Thu       25       5       E-mail Security (S/MIME)         Lab 0
 9   Tue       30       6       IP Security                      
10   Thu  July  2 EXAM #1 (closed book, Ch 1 - 5 + supplements)  
11   Tue        7       6       IP Security (IPSec)              Lab 1
12   Thu        9       6       IP Security (ISAKMP)             Lab 1
13   Tue       14       7       WWW Security (SSL)               Lab 2
14   Thu       16       -       SSH                              Lab 2  
15   Tue       21       -       IEEE 802.11 WEP                  Lab 3
16   Thu       23      11       Firewalls                        Lab 3
17   Tue       28       -       IEEE 802.11 WPA                  Lab 4
18   Thu       30                                                Lab 4

 E   Thu   Aug  6 EXAM #2 (closed book, Ch 6 - 11 + 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 papare due 5:30pm on July 30, 2009.  
		    The subject of this paper can be any topic you choose that investigates 
	     	    more deeply an aspect of the material covered in the course.  The
		    term paper will be worth 10 points, with the 110-point total 
		    scaled to 100 for purposes of grade assignment.

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.

CLASS ATTENDANCE     is expected and class participation is encouraged.

                                             Last updated: September 14, 2009