Guia docente 2013_14 Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación

Grao en Enxeñaría de Tecnoloxías de Telecomunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1 Mathematics foundations of security.	- Notions of Complexity Theory. - Notions of Number Theory.
2. Cypher, digital signature and hash algorithms	- Encrytion. Shannon principles. Stream and block cyphers. DES and AES algorithms Cypher modes of operation - Integrity and hash algorithms. - Public key cryptosystems. RSA, ElGamal and DSA.
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 and revocación of certificates.
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.
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. - Principles of electronic commerce and payment protocols. PayPal system.
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 and DIAMETER.
8. Systems Security.	- Firewalls and systems against intrusions. - Malicious software and networks. Botnets. - Forensic analysis of systems.