2009 Acharya Nagarjuna University B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering Network security syllabus Question paper
NETWORK SECURITY CREDITS : 4 UNIT I: Overview: Services, Mechanisms & Attacks, The OSI security architecture, A model for Network Security. Classical Encryption Techniques: Symmetric Cipher Model, Substitution Techniques, Transposition Techniques, Rotor Machines, Steganography. Block Ciphers & The data encryption Standard: DES, Differential and Linear Cryptanalysis, Block Cipher Modes of Operations. Advanced Encryption Standard: Evaluation Criteria, AES Cipher.(11) UNIT II: Contemporary Symmetric Ciphers: Triples DES, Blowfish, RC5, Characteristics of Advanced Symmetric Block Ciphers. Introduction to Number Theory: Fermat's and Euler's Theorems. Public Key Cryptography and RSA: Principles of Public Key Crypto Systems. RSA Algorithm (11) UNIT III: Key Management: Deffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Elliptic Curve Arithmetic and Cryptography. Message Authentication and Hash Functions: Authentication Requirements, Authentication Functions, Message Authentication Codes, Hash Functions. Hash Algorithms: MD5 Message Digest Algorithm, Secure Hash Algorithm. (11) UNIT IV: Digital Signatures & Authentication: Digital Signatures , Authentication Protocols, Digital Signature Standards. Authentication Applications: Kerberos, X.509 Authentication Service. Electronic Mail Security: Pretty Good Privacy, S/MIME. (11) UNIT V: IP Security, Web Security: Overview, Architecture, Authentication Header, Encapsulating Security Payload, Combining Security Associations, Key Management, Secure Sockets Layer & Transport Layer Security. Firewalls: Firewall Design Principles, Trusted Systems. (11) Text Book: William Stallings, "Cryptography and Network Security", 3rd Edition, LPE. Reference Books: 1) Kahate, "Cryptography and Network Security", PHI. 2) Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Speciner, "Network Security" , 2nd Edition, LPE.
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