ÇAĞ UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Learning Outcomes of the
Course
Code
Course Title
Credit
ECTS
MAT 421
Networks & Their Security
3 (3-0)
5
Prerequisites
None
Language of Instruction
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
English
Type and Level of Course
Compulsory/ 4.Year/ Fall Semester
Lecturers
Name(s)
Contacts
Lecture Hours
Office Hours
Course Coordinator Assoc.Prof.Dr. M. Fatih
mfakay@cu.edu.tr
Thu. 9-12
N/A
AKAY
Others
Course Objective
This course provides an essential study of computer security issues and methods in
networking systems. The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the fundamentals
of cryptography and network security.
Relationship
Students who have completed the course successfully should
be able to
Net Effect
Prog. Output
4&5
1
command on the concepts of data communications
8 &10
5&5
2
explain concepts related to applied cryptography, including
3 & 10
plaintext, ciphertext, symmetric cryptography, asymmetric
cryptography, and digital signatures.
5&5
3
outline the requirements and mechanisms for identification and
3 & 10
authentication.
5&5
4
explain the requirements of non-real time security (email
3 & 10
security) and ways to provide privacy, source authentication,
message integrity, non-repudiation, proof of submission, proof of
delivery, message flow confidentiality, and anonymity.
Course Description: This course involves an intense examination of network security defense techniques and
countermeasures with defense fundamentals explained in great detail. Topics include Introduction to the
Internet, Principles of Cryptography, Message Integrity and End-Point Authentication, Securing E-mail, TCP
Connections and Wireless LANs.
Course Contents:( Weekly Lecture Plan )
Weeks
Topics
Preparation
Teaching Methods
1
Lectures and Demonstration
What Is the Internet?
Textbook Ch.1
2
Lectures and Demonstration
Delay, Loss, and Throughput in PacketTextbook Ch.1
Switched Networks
3
Lectures and Demonstration
Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
Textbook Ch.1
4
Lectures and Demonstration
Networks Under Attack
Textbook Ch.1
5
Lectures and Demonstration
History of Computer Networking and the
Textbook Ch.1
Internet
6
Lectures and Demonstration
What Is Network Security?
Textbook Ch.8
7
Lectures and Demonstration
Principles of Cryptography
Textbook Ch.8
8
Lectures and Demonstration
Symmetric Key Cryptography
Textbook Ch.8
9
Lectures and Demonstration
Public Key Encryption
Textbook Ch.8
10
Lectures and Demonstration
Message
Integrity
and
End-Point
Textbook Ch.8
Authentication
11
Lectures and Demonstration
Securing E-mail and TCP Connections: SSL
Textbook Ch.8
12
Lectures and Demonstration
Network-Layer Security: IPsec and Virtual
Textbook Ch.8
Private Networks
13
Lectures and Demonstration
Securing Wireless LANs
Textbook Ch.8
14
Lectures and Demonstration
Operational Security: Firewalls and Intrusion
Textbook Ch.8
Detection Systems
REFERENCES
Textbook
Kurose, J.F., Ross, K.W., Computer Networking, A Top-Down Approach Featuring
the Internet, Addison-Wesley, Fifth Edition, 2010
Activities
Midterm Exam
Homework
Effect of The Activities
Effect of The Final Exam
Number
1
10
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Effect
30%
10%
40%
60%
ECTS TABLE
Notes
Total
Contents
Hours in Classroom (Face-to-face)
Hours out Classroom
Homeworks
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Number
14
14
10
1
1
Hours
3
3
2
20
25
Total
Total / 30
ECTS Credit
RECENT PERFORMANCE
2012-2013 FALL SEMESTER
MAT421 NETWORKS AND THEIR SECURITY
5
4
3
2
1
0
-1
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
NA FF FD DD DC CC CB BB BA AA
Total
42
42
20
20
25
149
=149/30= 4.96
5