IST 665 - Secure Networking

(3 credits) (Prereq: IST 660) Course is designed to equip students with applications and practice of cryptography in securing wired/wireless networks and Internet. Following techniques would be studied: classical systems, symmetric block ciphers, linear and differential cryptanalysis, public-key cryptography, cryptographic protocols, hash functions, authentication, key management, key exchange, signature schemes and how it can be applied to secure network infrastructure, firewalls, digital right management, and related topics.