CSE403 Network Security
CSE403 Network Security
Extensive, detailed and critical understanding of the concepts, issues, principles and
theories of computer network security
Discussing some of the critical security challenges faced by today's computing world and
provides insights to possible mechanisms to defend against these attacks
Defend the need for protection and security, and the role of ethical considerations in
computer use
Unit I
Introduction to Cryptography : Cryptographic Attacks, Security Goals, Security
Mechanics, Security Services, Mathematics of Cryptography- Integer Arithmetic,
Modular Arithmetic
Traditional Symmetric Key Ciphers : Transposition Ciphers, Substitution Ciphers,
GF(2n) field, Introduction to Symmetric Key Cipher, Mathematics of Symmetric Key
Cryptography - Algebraic structures
Classification of Attacks
onWireless Mobile Ad Hoc
Networks and Vehicular
Ad Hoc Networks. : Introduction to Attacks, Attacks at the Physical Layer, Attacks
at the MAC Layer, Attacks at the Network Layer, Attacks at the Transport Layer,
Attacks at the Application Layer
Unit II
Mathematics of Asymmetric-Key Cryptography : Chinese Remainder Theorem,
Discrete Logarithm, Prime Number
Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) : Introduction to DES, Structure of DES, Security of DES, Introduction to AES,
Transformation in AES, Key expansion in AES, AES Cipher
Unit III
Key Management : Symmetric key distribution, Symmetric key agreement, Public
Key Distribution
Asymmetric Key Cryptography : Introduction to Asymmetric Key Cryptography,
RSA cryptosystems
Unit IV
Message Integrity and Authentication : Message integrity, Message
Authentication, Introduction to Cryptographic Hash Functions, SHA 512
Unit V
Digital Signature : Comparison with Conventional Signature, Process of Digital
Signature, Services Provided by Digital Signature, Digital Signature Schemes
Unit VI
Security at Network Layer: IPsec : Modes of IPSec, Two Security Protocols of
IPSec, Security Association, Security Policy
Security at Application Layer : Email, PGP
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