Syllabus

Units

Syllabus

Contents

 

Unit- 1

 

Introduction

Security Architecture - Classical Encryption Techniques - Cipher Principle - Data Encryption Standards - Block Cipher Design Principles and Modes of Operation

 

Unit - 2

 

Public Key Cryptography    

Key Management - Deffie-Hellman Key Exchange - Elliptic Curve Architecture  and Cryptography - Introduction to Number Theory - Confidentiality Using Symmetric Encryption - Public Key Cryptography and RSA.

 


Unit – 3

 

Authentication and Hash Function

Authentication requirements - Authentication - Message Authentication Codes - Hash Functions

 

Unit - 4

 

Network Security    

Authentication Applications : Kerberos - X.509 Authentication Services - Electronic Mail Security - PGP - S/MIME - IP Security - Web Security 

 

Unit – 5


System Level Security    

 

Intrusion detection - password management - viruses and related Threats - Virus Counter measures - Firewall Design Principles - Trusted Systems