CSCE 813 – Internet Security

Fall 2008

Professor: Csilla Farkas

E-mail: farkas@cse.sc.edu

URL: http://www.cse.sc.edu/~farkas/csce813-2006/csce813.htm

Class hours:

Office hours:

Course description:

The Internet is being used extensively from E-business to information gathering and from collaborative work to private communications. As the usage of the Internet grows, so does the probability of malicious attacks against its users and components. The course will introduce security threats, such as hackers, masqueraders, information spoofing, sniffing, and distribution of damaging software, the associated security risks, and prevention/detection/response techniques. The course will cover three areas of Internet Security: 1) Security Protocols, 2) Protocol Analysis techniques, and 3) Web Services security.

Textbooks:

1. Rolf Oppliger, Internet & Intranet Security (Hardcover), Artech House Publishers; 2 edition (June 1, 2007), ISBN-10: 1580531660
2. Dafydd Stuttard and Marcus Pinto, The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws (Paperback), Wiley (October 22, 2007), ISBN-10: 0470170778

Assignments:

• Research project: Students, working as small groups (2-4 students), will be required to complete a research projects during the semester. Each group will choose a topic of interest in the field of Internet security, perform a thorough study of the chosen topic, identify limitations of current solutions and outline a feasible solution for one of the identified problems. There will be several deliverables during the semester that are graded and will contribute to the final project grade. Each group must also present their project in class and will be evaluated by fellow students.
• Tests: there will be two open book tests covering course materials.

Grading:

Total score of 100 can be achieved during the semester as follows:

Research project: 50, Test 1: 25, Test 2: 125

Final grade: 90 < A ; 85<B+<= 90 ; 80<B<=85 ; 75<C+<=80 ; 70<C<=75 ; 65<D+<=70 ; 50<D<=65