Subject Syllabus
CS-703 (A) - Cryptography & Information Security
CSE · Semester 7
Course Modules
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Mathematical Background for Cryptography: Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Modular Inverse, Extended Euclid Algorithm, Fermat's Little Theorem, Euler Phi-Function, Euler's theoremIntroduction to Cryptography: Principles of Cryptography, Classical CryptosystemCryptanalysis on Substitution Cipher (Frequency Analysis), Play Fair Cipher, Block CipherData Encryption Standard (DES), Triple DES, Modes of Operation, Stream Cipher
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)Introduction to Public Key Cryptosystem, Discrete Logarithmic ProblemDiffie-Hellman Key Exchange Computational & Decisional Diffie-Hellman ProblemRSA Assumptions & Cryptosystem, RSA Signatures & Schnorr Identification SchemesPrimarily Testing, Elliptic Curve over the Reals, Elliptic curve Modulo a PrimeChinese Remainder Theorem
Message Authentication, Digital Signature, Key Management, Key Exchange, Hash FunctionUniversal Hashing, Cryptographic Hash Function, MD, Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)Digital Signature Standard (DSS)Cryptanalysis: Time-Memory Trade-off Attack, Differential CryptanalysisSecure channel and authentication system like Kerberos
Information Security: Threats in Networks, Network Security Controls - ArchitectureWireless Security, Honey pots, Traffic Flow SecurityFirewalls - Design and Types of Firewalls, Personal Firewalls, IDSEmail Security: Services Security for Email Attacks Through Emails, Privacy-Authentication of Source Message, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), S-MIMEIP Security: Overview of IPSec, IP & IP version 6 Authentication, Encapsulation Security Payload ESP, Internet Key Exchange IKEWeb Security: SSL/TLS, Basic protocols of security, Encoding - Secure Electronic Transaction SET
Spoofing tools: like Arping etc.Foot printing Tools (ex-nslookup, dig, Whois, etc.)Vulnerabilities Scanning Tools (i.e. Angry IP, HPing2, IP Scanner, Global Network Inventory Scanner, Net Tools Suite Pack.)NetBIOS Enumeration Using NetView ToolSteganography Merge Streams, Image Hide, Stealth Files, Blindside using: STools, Steghide, SteganosStegdetect, Steganalysis - Stego Watch - Stego Detection Tool, StegSpyTrojans Detection Tools (i.e. Netstat, fPort, TCPView, CurrPorts Tool, Process Viewer)Lan Scanner Tools (i.e. look@LAN, Wireshark, Tcpdump)DoS Attack Understanding Tools - Jolt2, Bubonic.c, Land and LaTierra, Targa, Nemesy Blast, Panther2, Crazy Pinger, Some Trouble, UDP Flood, FSMax