Managing and securing computer networks - 30 h + 30 h - G. Leduc - INFO 056 (ULg)

Master-level course for the following students:

1ère année du Master Ingénieur Civil en Informatique (option)

2ème année du Master Ingénieur Civil en Informatique (option)

1ère année du Master en Sciences Informatiques (option)

Schedule

Second term, on Wednesdays from 9am to 12:30pm

First lecture : Wednesday February 8th, 2012.

Room

R.75, Institut Montefiore, B28

Assistant

Cyril Soldani

Course content

It covers the following two topics: management of computer networks, and security in computer networks. It follows INFO0010 (Introduction to Computer Networking) which is a prerequisite. Some knowledge of cryptography is also useful.

Part 1: Network management

Chapter 1: Network management

• What is Network Management?
• The Infrastructure for Network Management
• The Internet-Standard Management Framework (MIB, SMI, SNMP)
• ASN.1 notation

Part 2: Security in Computer Networks

Chapter 2: Principles of Network Security

• What is Network Security?
• Principles of Cryptography
• Message Integrity
• End-Point Authentication

Chapter 3: Securing applications

• Securing email
• Securing DNS

Chapter 4: Securing TCP connections: SSL/TLS

Chapter 5: Network Layer Security: IPsec

Chapter 6: Network Access Control

Chapters 7: Securing LANs

• Securing Wireless LANs
• Securing Switched Ethernet LANs

Part 3: Seminar

IPv6 Security (by Eric Vyncke, CISCO Systems) - May 9th, 2012, at 9am

Assignments 2011-2012

Two practical assignments per group of 2 students: the first one on network management, and the second one on network security.

Oral exam

Questions for 2011-2012

Schedule for June 2012