Communications and Network Security


Teaching Staff: Ntantogian Christoforos
Course Code: HY-225
Course Type: Elective Course
Course Level: Undergraduate
Course Language: Greek
Semester: 6th
ECTS: 4
Teaching Units: 4
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab/Tutorial Hours: 2T
Total Hours: 4
E Class Page: https://opencourses.ionio.gr/courses/DDI223/
Objectives - Learning Outcomes:

This course seeks to familiarise students the bits-in-transit aspect of network security and to introduce them to basic principles of cyber security defense. Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:

  • Elicit security requirements of computer networks
  • Identify security wise erroneous or poorly configured networks and how they can be penetrated
  • Design and maintain secure computer networks
  • Understand how to protect networks against intrusions and denial of service attacks
  • Apply his/her knowledge to protect devices and data in-transmit from malicious actions
  • Use best practices and current tools to analyze network traffic and study attacks
Syllabus:

Basic principles of Cryptography. Data confidentiality and integrity. Identity Authentication. Reflection and Man-in-the-middle attacks. Key agreement and distribution. Kerberos protocol. Wireless security and the security protocols WPA/WPA2. Mobile network security GSM/UMTS/LTE. Threat modeling on TCP/IP layer. Analysis of TLS/SSL protocol. Analysis of Pretty Good Privacy mechanisms. Analysis and evaluation of Firewalls and Virtual Private Networks. Intrusions detection systems in networks. Denial of service attacks and mitigations. Domain Name Server (DNS) and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) attacks. Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.

Suggested Bibliography:
  • Γκρίτζαλης Σ. & Κάτσικας Σ. & Γκρίτζαλης Δ. (2003): Ασφάλεια Δικτύων Υπολογιστών: Τεχνολογίες και Υπηρεσίες σε Περιβάλλοντα Ηλεκτρονικού Επιχειρείν και Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης, Εκδόσεις Παπασωτηρίου.
  • William Stallings (2016), Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards, 6th Edition

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