Guia docente 2023_24 Escuela de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación

Bachelor Degree in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering (BTTE)

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1 Mathematics foundations of security.	- Basic notions of Complexity Theory. - Basic notions of Number Theory.
2. Cypher, digital signature and hash algorithms	- Types of criptosistems and algorithms. - Integrity and hash algorithms. - Symetric key cryptosistems. Mac functions. Encrytion. Shannon principles. Stream and block cyphers. DES and AES algorithms Cypher modes of operation. - Public key cryptosystems. RSA, DSA and elliptic curves. - Influence of quantum computing on cryptography.
3. Certification and Public Key Infrastructures.	- Security problems of asimetric cryptography. Certification and certificate formats. - Trust models. Flat trust model and PGP. Third partiy trust model and certification authorities. - Certificate Infrastructures. Certification path. - Certificate revocation.
4. Authentication and key agreement protocols.	- Authentication methods. - Threats to an authentication protocol. Countermeasures. - Requirements of a key agreement protocol. Diffie-Hellman protocol. - Authentication in simmetric cryptosistems. Cases of study: GSM and Kerberos. - Authentication in asimetric cryptosistems. Cases of study: X509 and SSL. - Passwords based protocols: SRP. - Single Sign On (SSO)
5. Security at the network layer	- Threats in the network layer. - IP Security Architecture. - IPsec Protocol. IPsec tunnels. IPsec and NAT. - Key manegement protocols: IKE, ISAKMP and OAKLEY.
6. Security in the Web and electronic commerce.	- Problems of security in the Web. - Protocols: SSL and TLS. - Certification in the Web.
7. Wireless security and AAA protocols.	- Threats to security in wireless environments. - Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). WTLS. Protocols WEP, WPA, WPA2 (802.11i). - AAA Protocols: RADIUS.
8. Systems Security.	- Firewalls and systems against intrusions. - Malicious software and networks. - Forensic analysis of systems.