NETWORK SECURITY + LABORATORY (UNIT 2)
cod. 1005261

Academic year 2015/16
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Luca VELTRI
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
"altre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro"
Type of training activity
More
21 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: NETWORK SECURITY + LABORATORY

Learning objectives

The objective of this part is to provide the student with practical knowledge of some security tools, and to practically use concepts and mechanisms encountered within the course of Network Security.

Applying knowledge and understanding are:
- use of tools for cryptography, digital signature, creation and managing of digital certificates X.509 and PGP;
- configuring and use of protocols for secure communications, such as IPSec and TLS;
- use of toos for network monitoring, resources enumeration, and vulnerabiities scanning;
- configuring firewalls under unix/linux OS.

Prerequisites

Network security course

Course unit content

Laboratory activities on:
- Creation and use of digital certificates (X.509), CA, applications, PGP;
- IPSec, TLS;
- Protocol analyzer, Network scanning, Vulnerability test;
- Firewall (Linux netfilter).

Full programme

Syllabus (every laboratory activity = 2 hours)

Laboratory activity 1: cryptography functions (with openssl)

Laboratory activity 2: X.509 certificates and certification authority (CA)

Laboratory activity 3: network sniffing; MITM attack; vulnerability scanning

Laboratory activity 4: linux firewall: netfilter and iptables

Project assignment

Bibliography

L. Veltri, "Network Security", Slides of the course

Teaching methods

Laboratoy acitvities (21h)

Assessment methods and criteria

Self verification.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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