ECE 646: Cryptography and Computer Network Security, Study notes of Cryptography and System Security

Download ECE 646: Cryptography and Computer Network Security and more Study notes Cryptography and System Security in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Course web page: ECE 646 Cryptography and Computer Network Security ECE web page  Courses  Course web pages  ECE 646 Kris Gaj Office hours: Wednesday 6:00-7:00 PM Tuesday, Thursday, 4:30-5:30 PM Research and teaching interests: • cryptography • network security • computer arithmetic • FPGA & ASIC design and testing Contact: Science & Technology II, room 223 kgaj@gmu.edu 2 ECE 646 Part of: MS in EE MS in CpE Network and System Security (required) Computer Networks (elective) Certificate in Information Systems Security MS in E-Commerce MS in Information Security & Assurance Communications & Networks (elective) Ph.D. in Information Technology Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering NETWORK AND SYSTEM SECURITY Concentration advisors: Jens-Peter Kaps, Kris Gaj 1. ECE 542 Computer Network Architectures and Protocols – S.-C. Chang, et al. 2. ECE 646 Cryptography and Computer Network Security – K. Gaj, J-P. Kaps, D. Hwang – lab 3. ECE 746 Advanced Applied Cryptography – K. Gaj, D. Hwang – lab, project: C/C++, VHDL, or analytical 4. ISA 656 Network Security – A. Stavrou 5 Midterm exam  2 hours 30 minutes  multiple choice test + short problems  open-books, open-notes  practice exams available on the web  midterm exam review session - optional Wednesday, October 29th Tentative date: Quizzes  10-15 minutes  one-two questions related to the most recent lectures  closed-books, closed-notes  unannounced 6 Final exam 2 hours 45 minutes Multiple choice + several problems Wednesday, December 10 7:30 – 10:15 PM • 5-6 labs • based on the GMU educational software, public domain cryptographic programs & libraries, or evaluation versions of commercial products • done at home or in the ECE labs: software downloaded from the web • based on detailed instructions • grading based on written reports (answers to questions included in the instructions) Laboratory 7 Tentative list of laboratory topics 1. Secure e-mail: PGP – Pretty Good Privacy 2. Historical ciphers 3. Properties of classical cryptosystems 4. Properties of public key cryptosystems 5. Secure e-mail: S/MIME Follow-up courses Cryptography and Computer Network Security ECE 646 Advanced Applied Cryptography ECE 746 Computer Arithmetic ECE 645 Digital System Design with VHDL ECE 545