Contents 1 Network Security 1.1 2009/10 1.2 Examination 1.3 Course description 1.4 Material 1.4.1 Compulsory Reading 1.4.2 Recommended by Students 1.4.2.1 DIAMETER and RADIUS 1.4.2.2 DNS Based Attacks 1.5 Extra information

Network Security

Course ID	265400
Credits	6
Scheduled	Third Semester (First Semester of Second Year)

2009/10

Starting from	04/09/2009
Scheduling	Friday, 1330-1530
Location	Twente University, LA-1814
Teacher	Aiko Pras plus others
Website	Blackboard

Examination

Exam Date	06-11-2009 13:45-17:15
Exam location	Spiegel 1

Course description

Taken from Blackboard:

In this course the principles behind network security, their main protocols as well as network security mechanisms and techniques, used in wired and wireless networks, will be discussed. The course covers: network protocols (MSc Security) / cryptography principles (others), IP security, Email security, Web security, secure management, Intruders, Viruses, Firewalls and Privacy.

Material

Compulsory Reading

The default reading for this course includes:

• Network Security Essentials - Applications and Standards (Third ed.), William Stallings, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-238033-1
• Chen, Jyh-Cheng, Jiang, Ming-Chia and Liu, Yi-wen 2005. Wireless LAN security and IEEE 802.11i, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. Vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 27-36.
• Borisov, N., Goldberg, I., and Wagner, D. 2001. Intercepting mobile communications: the insecurity of 802.11. In Proceedings of the 7th Annual international Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Rome, Italy). MobiCom '01. ACM, New York, NY, 180-189.
• RFC2865 - RADIUS
• RFC2866 - RADIUS Accounting
• RFC3865 - DIAMETER

Recommended by Students

Also there are some other texts that some might find helpful when reading up on:

DIAMETER and RADIUS

• Introduction to DIAMETER - HP Tech Report T1428-90011
• Introduction to DIAMETER - IBM developerWorks Article
• Hosia, A 2003. Comparison between RADIUS and DIAMETER, Student paper

DNS Based Attacks

• DNS Open Recursion - Team Cymru Research NFP White Paper
• DNS Amplifcation Attacks - from isotf.org Preliminary Version
• The Strange Tale of the Denial of Service Attacks Against GRC.COM - Gibson Research Corporation Whitepaper Mirror on understandingcomputers.ca
• DRDoS (Distributed Reflection Denial of Service): Description and analysis of a potent, increasingly prevalent, and worrisome Internet attack - Gibson Research Corporation Whitepaper Mirror on understandingcomputers.ca

Extra information

This is the last year that the course will be run in this format. Next year they are dropping it down to a bachelor level and replacing it with something new in the masters.