CSC 439/539 Advanced Information Security, Spring 2013

Instructor: Dr. Natarajan Meghanathan

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Syllabus
Lecture Slides
Desktop Recorded Videos
Lecture Videos
Lab Projects
Quizzes and Exams
Question Bank (Sample Questions)  
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Syllabus

CSC 439 AIS (Undergraduate) Syllabus

CSC 539 AIS (Graduate) Syllabus

Lecture Slides

Module 1 – Number Theory and RSA Public Key Encryption

Module 2 – Key Distribution and Management

Module 3 – E-mail Security

Module 4 – Virtualization

Module 5 – Access Control Models

Module 6 – Web Security

Module 7 – Network Security

Module 8 – Secure Coding Standards and Verification

Code Snippets for Examples in Module 8 Slides

Module 9 – Malware

Module 10 – Steganography

Module 11 – Biometrics

Desktop Recorded Videos

Module 1 – Man in the Middle Attack on Public-Key Cryptography 

Module 1 – Quiz 1 Solutions

Module 1 – Basics of Modular Arithmetic

Module 1 – Modular Exponentiation

Module 1 – Euclid's Algorithm to find GCD

Module 1 – Number Theory Basics for RSA

Module 1 – RSA Example

Project 1 – Java Path Setup and Getting Started

Project 1 – Socket Programming Basics: Client-Server Program

Project 1 – Socket Programming with BigInteger

Project 1 – Socket Programming with BigInteger

 

Lab Projects

Project 1: Secure Client-Server Communication using RSA Algorithm, Due: Feb. 18
Seed Code for Project 1

Tutorial on Java Socket Programming

Project 2: PGP – GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) for Secure E-mail Communication, Due: March 4

Project 3: Use of CAPTCHA (Image Identification Strategy) to Prevent XSRF Attacks, Due: March 25
Files for Project 3

Project 4: SQL-Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Controls, Due: April 8
Files for Project 4

Project 5: Use of GNU Debugger (GDB) for Reverse Engineering of C Programs in a Linux Platform, Due: April 22

Question Bank

Module 1 – Number Theory and Cryotpgraphy

Module 2 – Key Distribution and Management

Module 3 – Email Security

Module 4 – Virtualization

Module 5 – Access Control Models

Module 6 – Web Security

Module 7 – Network Security

Module 9 – Malware

Module 10 – Steganography

Module 11 – Biometrics