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The document outlines the curriculum for a Network & Information Security course at Devi Ahilya University, detailing learning objectives, course content, and practical assignments. It covers topics such as symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, information security protocols, and network security measures. Students will gain practical experience through assignments involving various cryptographic algorithms and security tools.

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CER8C2

The document outlines the curriculum for a Network & Information Security course at Devi Ahilya University, detailing learning objectives, course content, and practical assignments. It covers topics such as symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, information security protocols, and network security measures. Students will gain practical experience through assignments involving various cryptographic algorithms and security tools.

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Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India IV Year B.E.

(Computer Engineering)
Institute of Engineering & Technology (Full Time)
Subject Code & Name Instructions Hours Credits
per Week

CER8C2 L T P L T P Total
Network & Information 3 1 2 3 1 1 5
Security
Duration of Theory
Paper:3 Hours

Learning Objectives:
1. To impart the knowledge and in-depth reference to current information and network
security standards and procedures.
2. This course provides you with an overview of data and computer security and
concentrates in technical and continuity management issues.
3. Allow the student to gain expertise in some specific areas of information security such as
the design and providing security to individual networks.
Prerequisites :
Basic knowledge of programming and Computer Networks

COURSE CONTENTS

Unit I
Introduction: The need for security, security approaches, principles of security services,
mechanisms and attacks, a model for network security. substitution & transposition techniques,
steganography, key range & key size.

Unit II
Symmetric Cipher: An general idea of symmetric key cryptography, classical symmetric ciphers,
Algorithm types & modes, possible types of attacks, Symmetric & asymmetric cipher model, Data
Encryption Standard (DES), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Unit III
Asymmetric Cipher: RSA algorithm, asymmetric & symmetric key cryptography together, digital
envelopes, digital signatures & digital certificates & Public key infrastructure (PKI).

Unit IV
Information Security Protocols: Secure Socket Layer, Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
(SHTTP), Time Stamping Protocol (TSP), 3- D Secure Protocol, Email Security, and Kerberos.
Unit V
Network Security: Deffie-Hellman key exchange, Firewalls, IP Security, Virtual Private Networks,
Intrusion detection system, IP spoofing, DNS spoofing. Introduction to blockchain technology and
cryptocurrency.

Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course the student must demonstrate the knowledge and ability to:
1. Acquire a practical overview of the issues involved in the field of information security.
2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the practice of IS, especially in the evaluation of
information security risks across diverse settings including the Internet and WWW-based
commerce systems, high bandwidth digital communications and funds transfer services.
3. The learning outcome is students shall be able to understand what are the common
threats faced today, what are the foundational theory behind information security, what are
the basic principles and techniques when designing a secure system, how to think
adversarial, how today's attacks and defenses work in practice, how to assess threats for
their significance, and how to gauge the protections and limitations provided by today's
technology.
4. Familiarity with the basic protocols of Information Security, and how they can be used to
assist in network security design and implementation.

Books Recommended:
1. Douglas R. Stinson; Cryptography Theory and Practice; 2nd Edition, Chapman &
Hall/CRC
2. Williams Stallings; Cryptography & Network Security; 3rd Edition, Pearson Education
3. Bernard Menezes; Network Security and Cryptography; Cengage Learning India Pvt
Ltd.
4. Neal Krawetz; Introduction to Network Security; 2nd Edition, Thomson Learning Inc.

List of Practical Assignments:


During learning, of course, students need to do assignments:
1. Implementation of various symmetric key algorithms.
2. Implementation of various asymmetric key algorithms.
3. Implementation of Algorithm types and modes (Electronic Code Book (ECB), Cipher
Block Chaining (CBC), Cipher Feedback (CFB), Output Feedback (OFB)).
4. Study of Pretty Good Privacy open source security tool for email security.
5. Implementation of digital certificates.
6. Study of IP Tables.
7. Implementation of various open source security tools (Wireshark, Nmap, tables, pretty
good privacy, Snort, LC5, OpenVPN, TrueCrypt, THC Hydra).

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