NETWORK SECURITY + LABORATORY
cod. 1005252

Academic year 2018/19
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
Luca VELTRI
integrated course unit
9 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ENGLISH

Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the student with the knowledge of the main security mechanisms and protocols used for securing communications and for protecting computer networks; in particular the knowledge and understanding of:
- applied cryptography;
- main algorithms and protocols for authentication and for securing data exchanges;
- main communication security protocols;
- possible network vulnerabilities and main network protection mechanisms.

Applying knowledge and understanding are:
- analysis of authentication and data protection schemes based on symmetric and/or asymmetric cryptography;
- design of mechanisms for authentication and secure data exchange;
- configuration and use of standard security protocols and algorithms (e.g. IPSec and TLS protocols; AES, DES, 3DES, RSA cryptography algorithms; digital signature and certificates X.509 and PGP; etc.)
- use of tools for network monitoring and vulnerabilities scanning;
- configuration of systems (e.g. firewalls) for network protection.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with TCP/IP stack and networking.

Course unit content

Cryptography basics and algorithms;

Authentication mechanisms and digital signature;

Protocols for secure communications;

Main network threats, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures;

Systems for network protections;

Laboratory activities on cryptography, network vulnerabilities and network protection.

Full programme

Syllabus (every class or laboratory = 2 hours)

Class 1: course organization, objectives, textbooks, exam details; preview of the course; security services; attacks; security tools; symmetric cryptography: introduction; cryptography and cryptanalysis; cipher example (Caesar cipher)

Class 2: symmetric cryptography: types of attacks; side channel attack; computational security; example of cryptanalysis; substitution cipher; polyalphabetic substitution cipher; one time pad (OTP) cipher; transposition; steganography

Class 3: product cipher; block and stream ciphers; block ciphers: block size; substitution and permutation; Feistel cipher; DES; double DES; TDEA

Class 4: AES; encryption of long messages; padding; ECB; examples of attacks to ECB; CBC; examples of attacks to CBC; OFB; CFB; CTR

Class 5: hash functions; brute force attack; birthday paradox; MD5; SHA

Class 6: password hashing; encryption using hash functions; message authentication; MAC and HMAC functions

Class 7: number theory: modular arithmetic, relative prime, Euclid's algorithm, multiplicative inverse

Class 8: number theory: extended Euclid's algorithm, examples; Fermat's theorem; totient function

Class 9: Euler's theorem with demonstration; RSA; RSA example; simple mod pow computation

Class 10: RSA security, primarity test, discrete logarithm, DH, digital signature, RSA signature, signature and encryption, DSA

Class 11: peer entity authentication, zero-knowledge, passwd management, one-time password, challenge-response authentication

Class 12: challenge-response authnetication thorugh symmetric cipher/ MAC/hash/asymmetric algorithms, zero-knowledge, Fiat-Shamir

Class 13: exercises

Class 14: key establishment, symmetric-cryptography-based key establishment, server-based key establishment (KDC)

Class 15: public-key based key establishment; DH and MITM attack to DH, authenticated DH, STS, SIGMA

Class 16: group key management; LKH, group DH, public key distribution, digital certificates, cert chain, trust path

Class 17: certification authority (CA); public key infrastructure (PKI); X.509 certificates; PKCS; certification revocation list (CRL); PGP

Class 18: AAA; HTTP authentication; RADIUS, Diameter; Kerberos; IPSec, ESP, IKE; TLS, TLS handshake

Class 19: anonymity, high-latency anonimity systems; low-latency anonimity systems, onion routing, TOR

Class 20: network vulnerabilities; sniffers; eavesdropping; MITM; spoofing; ARP spoofing; TCP spoofing

Class 21: ICMP attack, DDoS, routing attacks, net scanning, DHCP attack, DNS poisoning, network scanning

Class 22: firewall, packet filter (PF), ALG/Proxy, FW configurations

Class 23: PF exercises; NAT; intrusion detection system (IDS)

Class 24: exercises

Laboratory 1: stream cipher in java; brute force attack

Laboratory 2: symmetric cryptography with openssl

Laboratory 3: symmetric cryptography in java

Laboratory 4: hash functions with openssl, hash cracking; hash computation in java

Laboratory 5: asymmetric cryptography in java

Laboratory 6: project assignement

Laboratory 7: project development

Laboratory 8: X.509 digital certificates

Laboratory 9: project development

Laboratory 10: sniffing, MITM, vulnerability scanning

Laboratory 11: linux netfilter/iptables

Laboratory 12: project development

Bibliography

[1] L. Veltri, "Network Security", slides of the course, http://www.tlc.unipr.it/veltri
[2] W. Stallings, "Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice", Prentice Hall

Teaching methods

Class lessons (40h), and in class exercises (8h) carried out by the teacher with students, laboratoy acitvities (24h).

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam can be succeeded as:
1) divided into two written examinations, at the middle and the end of the course, together with a project assignment carried out during the course; or
2) written exam and project assignment, during regular scheduled examinations.

The written exam is composed of questions and exercises.
Examples of exercises are shown and solved during the course.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.ingarc@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Elena Roncai
T. +39 0521 903663
Office E. dia.didattica@unipr.it
Manager E. elena.roncai@unipr.it

President of the degree course

Alberto Bononi
E. alberto.bononi@unipr.it

Faculty advisor

Alberto Bononi
E. alberto.bononi@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Guido Matrella
E. guido.matrella@unipr.it

Tutor professor

Alberto Bononi
E. alberto.bononi@unipr.it
Giulio Colavolpe
E. giulio.colavolpe@unipr.it
Riccardo Raheli
E. riccardo.raheli@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Walter Belardi
E. walter.belardi@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Paolo Serena
E. paolo.serena@unipr.it

Internships

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Tutor students

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