02233 - Network Security, Spring 2012.

General Information

Time: Tuesday afternoon, module F4A
Location: Lectures: B.303A, Auditorium 41; Exercises: B.450, Rooms 111 and 112; Practical classes: B.450, Rooms 111 and 112.
Examination: Course work (ca. 50%) + written exam (ca. 50%).
Prerequisites: Text book: W. R. Cheswick, S. M. Bellovin and A. D. Rubin: "Firewalls and Internet Security", 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
Lecturers:
       Robin Sharp (RIS), Building 322, Room 210 (responsible teacher)
       and guest lecturers.

Objectives

The objective of the course is to provide a working knowledge of network security in theory and practice.
The course contents include: Basic network security in LAN and WAN environments; protocols for client-server communication in high-risk environments; secure communications to ensure confidentiality, authenticity and integrity; security architecture (firewalls and DMZs, VLAN and VPN); proxies; intrusion detection and protection systems; audit and analysis of attacks; security policies and their management.

Course Format

The course is given as a combination of lectures, given by the course lecturers and invited speakers, exercises and practical laboratory work.

Lectures

Lectures will be based on the text book by Cheswick, Bellovin and Rubin: "Firewalls and Internet Security", 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2003, together with selected articles from the literature, which will be obtainable via the Web.

Laboratory Work

The lab work consists of three small mandatory assignments, which will be run from the databars. These assignments are designed to provide hands-on experience with some important techniques in network security and will typically involve some analysis and the use of practical tools. The assignments are to be documented by a small report (4-8 pages).

Activity Calendar

Course Plan, Spring 2012

Examination Requirements

Examination Requirements, Spring 2012

Examination Questions

Examination Questions, Spring 2007
Examination Questions, Spring 2008
Examination Questions, Spring 2009
Examination Questions, Spring 2010

Useful Literature

http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~robin/02230/seclinks.html.