INFS 766 / INFT 865

Network and Distributed Systems Security

Important: HomeWork #3 can be collected from the TA on Monday 5:30 to 7:30pm and Tuesday 5:30 to 7:30pm

Instructor:    Prof. Ravi Sandhu 
               Office: Rm 457 Science & Tech. II 
               Phone: (703) 993-1659 
               Fax: 1-(703)-993-1638 
               Email: sandhu@isse.gmu.edu 

               Office Hours: By appointment. 
                             Strongly encourage use of e-mail. 
                             Use e-mail to schedule a phone conversation or meeting 

Teaching Assistant: Bharath Vutukuru 
                    Office: Rm 460 Science & Tech. II 
                    Phone: (703) 993-1681 
                    Email: bharath@list.gmu.edu 
                    Office Hours: R 7:10pm - 9:30pm 

Course Description: 
            Internet security vulnerabilities, firewalls and their limitations, cryptographic technology and services, PPP and data layer security, IPSEC and key management for network layer security, TLS, SSH and transport layer security, secure e-mail, secure infrastructure protocols, Kerberos authentication, secure RPC, remote authentication, authorisation and tunneling protocols, virtual private networks, secure remote access, multicast security. 

Prequisite: INFS 612 Data Communications & Distributed Processing 

Reading: 

• Internet and Intranet Security, Rolf Oppliger

Tentative Schedule of Topics: 

 
• Week 1 - 9   ( Slides )
• Week 10 - 16 ( Slides )

Homework Assignments: 

• Assignment 1
• Assignment 2
• Assignment 3

Grading/Evaluation: 

The criteria for evaluation are as follows: 

• Assignments ( 30 %)
• Mid-Term examination ( 35 %)
• Final examination ( 35 %)

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