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SYLLABUS

Unit - 1 :

Introduction Security Trends – Legal, Ethical and Professional Aspects of Security, Need for Security at Multiple Levels, Security Policies – Model of Network Security – Security Attacks, Services and Mechanisms – OSI Security Architecture – Classical Encryption Techniques: Substitution Techniques, Transposition Techniques, Steganography – Foundations of Modern Cryptography: Perfect Security – Information Theory – Product Cryptosystem – Cryptanalysis.

Unit - 2 :

Symmetric Key Cryptography Mathematics of Symmetric Key Cryptography: Algebraic Structures – Modular Arithmetic-Euclid's Algorithm – Congruence and Matrices – Groups, Rings, Fields –Finite Field – Symmetric Key Ciphers: Sdes – Block Cipher Principles of DES – Strength of DES – Differential and Linear Cryptanalysis – Block Cipher Design Principles – Block Cipher Mode of Operation – Evaluation Criteria for AES – Advanced Encryption Standard – RC4 – Key Distribution.

Unit - 3 :

Public Key Cryptography Mathematics of Asymmetric Key Cryptography: Primes – Primality Testing – Factorization – Euler's Totient Function, Fermat's and Euler's Theorem – Chinese Remainder Theorem – Exponentiation and Logarithm – Asymmetric Key Ciphers: RSA Cryptosystem – Key Distribution – Key Management – Diffie Hellman Key Exchange – Elgamal Cryptosystem – Elliptic Curve Arithmetic-Elliptic Curve Cryptography.

Unit - 4 :

Message Authentication and Integrity Authentication Requirement – Authentication Function – MAX – Hash Function – Security of Hash Function and MAC – SHA – Digital Signature and Authentication Protocols – DSS – Entity Authentication: Biometrics, Password, Challenge Response Protocols– Authentication Applications – Kerberoes, X, 509.

Unit - 5 :

Security Practice and System Security Electronic Mail Security – PGP, S/MIME – IP Security – Web Security – System Security: Intruders – Malicious Software – Viruses – Firewalls.