Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering SECA3001 Cryptography and Network Security Syllabus

[Arvind Kumar]

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering SECA3001 Cryptography and Network Security Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

SECA3001 CRYPTOGRAPHY AND NETWORK SECURITY
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 FUNDAMENTALS 9 Hrs.
The OSI security architecture-Network security model-Principles of Security - Confidentiality, Authentication, Integrity,
Nonrepudiation, Access Control, Availability: Types of Attacks - Active and Passive: Classical Encryption Techniques:
Substitution Cipher - Caesar Cipher, Play Fair Cipher, Hill cipher, One Time Pad: Transposition Cipher - Rail Fence and
Simple Columnar Techniques.

UNIT 2 SYMMETRIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY 9 Hrs.
Symmetric Key Cryptosystems: Comparison of Stream Ciphers and Block Ciphers: Feistel Block Cipher: Block Cipher
Modes of Operation: Data Encryption Standard - Details of one round in DES: Advanced Encryption Standard.

UNIT 3 PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY 9 Hrs.
Modular Arithmetic: Euclidean Algorithm: Fermat’s and Euler’s Theorem; Chinese Remainder Theorem: Principles of Public
Key Cryptosystems; Key Management - Distribution of Public Keys, Use of Public Key Encryption to Distribute Secret Keys:
RSA Algorithm, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange; Concepts of Elliptic Curve Cryptography.

UNIT 4 SECURITY FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS 9 Hrs.
Authentication Requirements: Message Authentication Codes - Requirements for MAC, Basic Uses of MAC: Hash Functions
HMAC - Requirements for a Hash function, MD-5 SHA 1 Kerberos: X.509 Authentication Service – Certificate: E-Mail
Security - Pretty good Privacy, S/MIME.

UNIT 5 NETWORK AND SYSTEM SECURITY 9 Hrs.
IP Security - IP Security Architecture, Authentication Header, Encapsulating Security Payload, Benefits, Applications; Web
Security - Secure Socket Layer, Secure Electronic Transaction –SSL Vs SET, Firewalls -Design Principles, Characteristics,
Types of Firewalls: Virus and Antivirus approaches.
Max. 45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Analyze the vulnerabilities in any computing system and hence be able to design a security solution.
CO2 - Identify the security issues in the network and resolve it.
CO3 - Evaluate security mechanisms using rigorous approaches, including theoretical.
CO4 - Compare and Contrast different IEEE standards and electronic mail security.
CO5 - Understand the various symmetric key cryptographic techniques.
CO6 - Apply the various cryptographic algorithm for emails and web security.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Atul Kahate, “Cryptography and Network Security”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011.
2. William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security - Principles and Practices”, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall of India Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi, 2006.
3. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Cryptography & Network Security”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2007.
4. Niels Ferguson and Bruce Schneier, “Practical Cryptography”, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
5. Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, Tadayoshi Kohno, “Cryptography Engineering- Design Principles and Practical
Applications”, Wiley Publishing Inc, Indiana, 2010.
6. Douglas R Simson “Cryptography – Theory and practice”, 1st Edition, CRC Press, 1995.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each - No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice, each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks