Instructor:

Dr. Peng Ning

Teaching assistant:

Mr. Srinath Anantharaju (TA's Page)

Class location:

Room 150 Venture II, Centennial Campus

Day and time:

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10:45am -11:35am.

Course Syllabus

Students registered for CSC 574 need to complete a research project in addition to the homework assignments and exams.

Mailing list:

csc574-001@wolfware.ncsu.edu (CSC 474 & 574)

Web page:

http://courses.ncsu.edu/csc574/lec/001 

Message Board:

http://courses.ncsu.edu/csc574 

Note on assignments:

You must use text editor (e.g. MS Word) to complete your homework. Handwritten submissions are not accepted. You should submit hard copies unless otherwise specified.

All work is to be performed individually unless otherwise specified. For the collaborative problems, you are encouraged to form teams of 1-3 members (of students in this class) to cooperate only on those problems. After discussing the problems, please write up your answers individually. Indicate the names of the other members in your team, if any.

You get no extra credit for working alone where collaboration is permitted.

Requirements for project proposal. 

Requirements for project final report.

Projects include but are not limited to:

• Research Paper
  • You can work on original research problems. The outcome should be a paper with original technical contribution. Your grade on this will be judged on originality, soundness of the approach, and quality of presentation. 
  • You are encouraged to choose this if you are a PhD student or a master student that has to complete a thesis.
  • Example Topics:
    • Vulnerability Analysis
    • Wireless Security
    • Intrusion Detection 
    • Authentication
    • Access Control
    • Authorization
    • DNS Security
    • Digital Watermarking
    • New Attacks
• Survey Paper
  • You can write a paper that surveys a particular field on information security. The outcome should be a paper that summarizes the trend in the field you have chosen. Your grade will be judged on the completeness of the survey, the quality of the trend analysis, and the quality of presentation.
  • Example topics:
    • Vulnerability Analysis
    • Wireless Security
    • Intrusion Detection 
    • Authentication
    • Access Control
    • Authorization
    • DNS Security
    • Digital Watermarking
• Implementation
  • You can implement an existing technique, protocol, or system. The outcome should be a report the describes your implementation and a demo to the instructor and the TA. Your grade will be based on the quality of the report, the functionality and robustness of the implementation.
  • I may require you work on your own, depending on the complexity of the Implementation. 
  • Example topics:
    • Key management for sensor networks (See instructor for details. Limit to 2 groups.)
    • Broadcast authentication for sensor networks (See instructor for details. Limit to 2 groups.)
    • Cryptographic algorithms such as AES, RSA, DSA, etc. 
    • Authentication protocols such as S/Key, Challenge-Response protocol.
    • Firewalls
    • Developing/extending intrusion detection systems

Date

Topics

Reading Assignment

(Complete before class. Reading assignments are given in the order of importance for each lecture.)

Homework Assignment

Handout

Chapter 2

Topic 2.1 (Cont'd)

Topic 2.2: Secret key cryptography 

Topic 2.2 (Cont'd)

Topic 2.2 (Cont'd)

Topic 2.3: Hash function

hw1

TA's solution
(Written part is due by 9/20/04, and the programming assignment is due by 9/27/04.)

Topic 2.3 (Cont'd)  

Topic 2.4 (Cont'd)

Topic 2.5 Public key cryptography

Topic 2.5 (Cont'd)

Topic 2.5 (Cont'd)

Grade Distribution

Topic 3.1 Overview of Identification and authentication

Review of mid-term exam

Chapters 10 & 12

Last day to withdraw or drop without a grade, change from credit to audit or credit only at the 400 level of below.

Topic 3.3 (Cont'd)

4.1 Basic Concepts of Access Control

Topic 4.2 Lattice Based Access Control Models

Topic 4.2 (Cont'd)

Project proposal due (only for 574 students)

hw3
TA's solution
(Due by 11/3/04)

Last day to withdraw or drop without a grade at the 500-900 level. Last day to change from credit to audit at the 500-900 level.

Chapters 13 & 14

Guest lecture Watermarking Databases

Dr. Ting Yu

Topic 5.3 (Cont'd)
Topic 5.6 Email security (self-study)

Topic 5.5 SSL

No Class (Thanksgiving)

Topic 6.3 (Cont'd)

Final Review

Final Exam
(8am -- 11am)