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=== What is the purpose of this course? ===
  
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This course will cover the fundamentals of security, security protocols, and their
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CIA course serves as kick-start for the security and network engineering Masters program. Before diving into the depth of the topics, the students must know preliminary concepts related to computer networks services and applications therein. This course is designed to cover the basic services offered by the Internet including operating systems and computer architecture. The concepts from this course will be used throughout the course of whole masters. More precisely, this course will cover the basic computer architecture and assembly language programming, Domain Name Services (DNS), DNSSec, email, web, directories, and disks. This course will also cover protocols and ABNF. The theory part will strengthen the theoretical aspects of the concepts whereas the lab exercises will provide the students with the opportunity to have hands-on experience of the ideas they learnt in the lectures.
  
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applications in real-world. The topics covered in this course include applied
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cryptography, authentication, passwords, practical security, social aspects of
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security, SSL/TLS, email security, PKI, and IPSec. Furthermore, this course
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will strengthen the security knowledge of the students and guide them in the
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right direction for their upcoming research projects and advanced courses. The
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course is divided into two parts. The first part will cover the theory and handson practice of the concepts taught at class. And the second part of the course
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will focus on the course projects. The student will work on a security project
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by using the concepts taught in the class.
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== Prerequisites ==
  
== Prerequisites ==
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* No specific prerequisites are mandated.
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* The course will benefit if students already know some of the following topics: Basics of TCP/IP networks: TCP/IP stack, transport protocols, application layer protocols, IP addressing, OSI -7 layer model
  
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* Linux OS: architecture, system calls, ELF binary structure, networking and administration
 
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* Shell Scripting: ability to work with the terminal as administrator and automatise tasks
  
   
 
== Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course ==
  
== Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course ==
 
References:
  
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* Read the book
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* [https://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_for_beginners_index.html Linux for Beginners]
  
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* Follows the lectures
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* [https://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_kernel/kernel_configuration/index.html Linux Kernel and Architecture]
  
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* [https://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_network_administrators_guide/index.html Linux Administration and Networking]
  
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* [https://www.shellscript.sh/ Shell Scripting]
  
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* [https://cds.cern.ch/record/676686/files/0130384887_TOC.pdf Computer Networks]
  
   
 
== Course Objectives Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy ==
  
== Course Objectives Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy ==
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=== What should a student be able to understand at the end of the course? ===
  
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By the end of the course, the students should be able to describe and explain (with examples)
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By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
   
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* Demonstrate knowledge and skills to use web services
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* Demonstrate the acquired knowledge and skills in applied cryptography (symmetric and asymmetric cryptography),
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* Operate classical enigma machine, encode and decode messages with it
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* Demonstrate the essential knowledge of disks and calculate particular locations/addresses in disks
  
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* Demonstrate the working knowledge of famous cryptographic algorithms and discuss their shortcomings
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* Reason about problems in the current DNS and the need to upgrade to DNSSEC and DNS over HTTPS
  
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* Demonstrate the knowledge of email and other services configuration
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* Demonstrate and operate the already implemented security protocols over internet,
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* Reason about the problems in the security of networked systems and current internet and their existing solutions,
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* Solve mathematical problems (especially in number theory),
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* And Demonstrate the knowledge and discuss basic quantum cryptography concepts.
   
 
=== What should a student be able to apply at the end of the course? ===
  
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By the end of the course, the students should be able to apply the acquired knowledge in the following way.
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By the end of the course, the students should be able to apply:
   
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* Crypt-analyze ciphertext and decrypt through frequency analysis and other important techniques
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* Install, Configure, update, and manage DNS services over a network
  
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* Design security protocols
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* Configure, maintain, and update the secure DNS over a network
  
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* Find security flaws in security protocols
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* Update, add, and delete records in DNS
  
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* Get hands-on experience of the existing enterprise cryptographic algorithms and use them in projects,
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* Configure a secure mail server and maintain it
  
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* Demonstrate the skill of finding out security issues in networked systems and internet technologies,
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* Get hands-on experience of the afore-mentioned technologies on their own servers.
  
   
 
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Revision as of 13:15, 21 July 2022

Security of systems and networks

  • Course name: Security of systems and networks (SSN)
  • Course number: SNE-08


Course characteristics

Key concepts of the class

  • Network security
  • Applied cryptography
  • Security protocols
  • Internet security

What is the purpose of this course?

This course will cover the fundamentals of security, security protocols, and their applications in real-world. The topics covered in this course include applied cryptography, authentication, passwords, practical security, social aspects of security, SSL/TLS, email security, PKI, and IPSec. Furthermore, this course will strengthen the security knowledge of the students and guide them in the right direction for their upcoming research projects and advanced courses. The course is divided into two parts. The first part will cover the theory and handson practice of the concepts taught at class. And the second part of the course will focus on the course projects. The student will work on a security project by using the concepts taught in the class.


Prerequisites

  • No specific prerequisites are mandated.

Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course

References:

  • Read the book
  • Follows the lectures

Course Objectives Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy

What should a student remember at the end of the course?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to:

  • Identify different Internet applications and understand their working principles from the protocols point of view
  • Demonstrate the acquired knowledge and skills in classical internet applications including DNS, Email, and Directory services.
  • Able to write regular expressions and context-free grammar that are essential in Internet applications and information exchange through the networks
  • Able to partition disks and remember the booting principles as well as secure booting

What should a student be able to understand at the end of the course?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate the acquired knowledge and skills in applied cryptography (symmetric and asymmetric cryptography),
  • Operate classical enigma machine, encode and decode messages with it
  • Demonstrate the working knowledge of famous cryptographic algorithms and discuss their shortcomings
  • Demonstrate and operate the already implemented security protocols over internet,
  • Reason about the problems in the security of networked systems and current internet and their existing solutions,
  • Solve mathematical problems (especially in number theory),
  • And Demonstrate the knowledge and discuss basic quantum cryptography concepts.

What should a student be able to apply at the end of the course?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to apply:

  • Crypt-analyze ciphertext and decrypt through frequency analysis and other important techniques
  • Design security protocols
  • Find security flaws in security protocols
  • Get hands-on experience of the existing enterprise cryptographic algorithms and use them in projects,
  • Demonstrate the skill of finding out security issues in networked systems and internet technologies,

Course evaluation

The acquired knowledge will be evaluated via labs, a project, and the exam, with points as in the following table:

Type of Evaluation Points
Labs/seminar classes 35
Project 35
Exam 30



Grades range

Course grading range
Proposed range
A. Excellent 90-100
B. Good 75-89
C. Satisfactory 60-74
D. Poor 0-59


If necessary, please indicate freely your course’s grading features: The semester starts with the default range as proposed in the Table 2, but it may change slightly (usually reduced) depending on how the semester progresses.

Resources and reference material

  • Lecture slides
  • RFCs
  • Link to the online material will be provided (if any)

Course Sections

The main sections of the course and approximate hour distribution between them is as follows:

Course Sections
Section Section Title Teaching Hours
1 Intro, Booting, Operating Systems Essentials, and Computer Architecture 8
2 DNS, DNSSEC, DoH 14
3 Email 4
4 ABNF, Deflating, Directory Services, Disks, Web, and Protocols 12
5 Labs 56

Section 1

Section title:

Booting, Operating Systems, and Computer Architecture

Topics covered in this section:

  • Booting principles and disks
  • Essentials of operating systems
  • Fundamentals of computer architecture

What forms of evaluation were used to test students’ performance in this section?

|a|c| & Yes/No
Development of individual parts of software product code & 0
Homework and group projects & 1
Midterm evaluation & 0
Testing (written or computer based) & 1
Reports & 1
Essays & 0
Oral polls & 0
Discussions & 1


Typical questions for ongoing performance evaluation within this section

  1. What are the different steps in booting?
  2. How the disks are partitioned?
  3. Explain UEFI booting

Typical questions for seminar classes (labs) within this section

  1. Demonstrating the knowledge of booting
  2. Analyze assembly code at a basic level
  3. Demonstrate the system and library calls in operating systems

Test questions for final assessment in this section

  1. Same as above

Section 2

Section title:

DNS, DNSSEC, and DoH

Topics covered in this section:

  • DNS
  • DNSSEC
  • DoH

What forms of evaluation were used to test students’ performance in this section?

|a|c| & Yes/No
Development of individual parts of software product code & 0
Homework and group projects & 1
Midterm evaluation & 0
Testing (written or computer based) & 1
Reports & 1
Essays & 0
Oral polls & 0
Discussions & 1


Typical questions for ongoing performance evaluation within this section

  1. Hows does DNS query get resolved?
  2. What is iterative and recursive DNS server?
  3. How does wildcard work in DNS?
  4. What is zone walking in secure DNS?
  5. What is delegation in DNS?
  6. What is NSEC and NSEC3 records in DNSSEC?
  7. What is the difference between DNSSEC and DoH?

Typical questions for seminar classes (labs) within this section

  1. Configure DNS, DNSSEC, and DoH (with specific tasks)

Test questions for final assessment in this section

  1. How does DNS query get resolved in DNS?
  2. How zones are formed?
  3. How delegation works in DNS?
  4. How resource records are verified in DNSSEC?
  5. What is meant by zone walking and how is it avoided?
  6. Why do we need DNSSEC where we can use simple DNS over HTTPS?

Section 3

Section title:

Email

Topics covered in this section:

  • Email architecture
  • Spam management

What forms of evaluation were used to test students’ performance in this section?

|a|c| & Yes/No
Development of individual parts of software product code & 0
Homework and group projects & 1
Midterm evaluation & 0
Testing (written or computer based) & 1
Reports & 1
Essays & 0
Oral polls & 0
Discussions & 1


Typical questions for ongoing performance evaluation within this section

  1. What are different protocols used in email?
  2. What are the different agents used in email system?
  3. How to avoid spamming in email?
  4. How to configure email servers?

Typical questions for seminar classes (labs) within this section

  1. Configure email server
  2. Configure anti-spamming techniques

Test questions for final assessment in this section

  1. What are different agents and their roles in email architecture?
  2. How MX records work?
  3. How to configure different anti-spamming policies?

Section 4

Section title:

Directory, Web, Protocol, ABNF and Deflating

Topics covered in this section:

  • Directory services
  • Web
  • Protocols
  • ABNF
  • Deflating

What forms of evaluation were used to test students’ performance in this section?

|a|c| & Yes/No
Development of individual parts of software product code & 0
Homework and group projects & 1
Midterm evaluation & 0
Testing (written or computer based) & 1
Reports & 1
Essays & 0
Oral polls & 0
Discussions & 1


Typical questions for ongoing performance evaluation within this section

  1. How directory services are implemented?
  2. How permissions are set?
  3. How disk partitions are made?
  4. How different web protocols work?
  5. How network packets are management in a standard way through ABNF?
  6. How to write new formats through ABNF?

Typical questions for seminar classes (labs) within this section

  1. Implement different web services
  2. Configure active directory

Test questions for final assessment in this section

  1. As above
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