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IS-852 Data Communication Networks & Security
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Campus
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MCS
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Summer Semester 2016
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Course Title
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Data Communication Networks & Security
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Course Code
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IS-852
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Credit Hours
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3+0
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Pre-Requisutes
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Course Objectives
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The aim of the course is to provide the students an understanding of the principles of network communication and various concepts in areas of network security, including physical-layer security, network-layer security, and transport-layer security.
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Detail Content
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- Introduction: OSI 7-layer network model: (physical, data-link, network, transport, session, presentation, application), Physical layer security issues (interference, interception), Data-link layer security issues (point-to-point security), Network layer security issues, Transport layer security issues
- Network security protocols: IPSec, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Transport Layer Security (TLS).
- Types of attacks: Passive attacks, Active attacks, Foot printing, Host scanning, Port scanning (SYN, FIN/Xmas/null, protocol, idle), Denial of Service, Network services.
- Attacks on TCP/IP networks: Packet sniffing (passive, active), IP spoofing, Hijacking, Remote OS detection, Packet filtering, Firewalls, Network address translation, Denial of Service (teardrop, flooding, amplification, distributed DoS, low-rate TCP attacks).
- Security of wireless networks: IEEE 802.11 (WEP, WPA), Bluetooth (blue jacking, blue snarfing).
- Application security: Software vulnerabilities and exploits (buffer overflow, format string), Types of malicious software, Self-propagating malware.
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Text/Ref Books
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- “Data Communications and Networking” by Behrouz A. Forouzan 2. Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Speciner, Network Security: PRIVATE Communication in a PUBLIC World, Prentice-Hall, 2002
- Jon Erickson, Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, No Starch Press, 2003.
- Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz, Hacking Exposed (5th edition), McGraw-Hill, 2005.
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Time Schedule
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Summer Semester 2015
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Lec Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, MS
National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad
Discipline: Information Security
Specialization: Information Security
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