Course Number:	CS 4953.
Course Name:	Unix and Network Security.
Time:	Fall 2006, Mon, Wed and Fri, 12:00-12:50 pm.
Place:	3.02.10A Science Building.
Instructor:	Hugh B. Maynard, 4.01.28 Science building, (210)458-5542
Office Hours:	9:00-10:00 Mon-Wed-Fri.
Prerequisites:	CS 3733 (Operating Systems).
Textbook 1:	The Tao of Network Security Monitoring, by Richard Bejtlich.
Textbook 2:	Network Intrusion Detection - An Analyst's Handbook, by Northcutt and Novak.

     Topics:

• Computer Security and Ethics
• Minimal Linux System Administration
• Classical Cryptography
  • ROT-13
  • DES
  • RSA
  • MD4/5
  • XOR
  • Digital Signatures
  • PGP
• Authentication
• Authentication based Attacks
• Security Issues in Programming and Vulnerability Examples
  • Stack Buffer Overflows
  • Heap Buffer Overflows
  • Format String Vulnerabilities
• Intrusion Detection
• Root Kits
• Scan Detection
• Tripwire and other UNIX-oriented integritiy tools
• Packet Analysis
• Forensics
  • Network Flow Analysis
  • File System Analysis
• Scanning Tools
• More Packet Analysis
• OS Fingerprinting - active and passive
• Building Security Tools - Libpcap/Libnet/Libdnet
• Denial of Service Attacks
• Limits of Security, the HRU result

     Grading:

Projects:	100 points
Tests:	if necessary (i.e. do well on the projects)
Grading Scale:	90 < A < 100
	80 < B < 89
	60 < C < 79
	50 < D < 59
	0     < F < 219