SICUREZZA DEI SISTEMI INFORMATIVI

Knowledge of theoretical principles and technology of Network Security
​Knowledge of cryptography principles and most important and used schemas
Knowledge of currently used security protocols
​Knowledge of the technologies and algorithms need to most important network services linked to network security
​Knowledge of the security design methods

Ability to correctly configure a network services using state of the art devices

The course is arranged into a series of lectures and some open discussions about the main topics.

Kerckoff, Security Attacks, Security Services, Security Mechanisms

Substitution Techniques, Transposition Techniques, Rotor Machines (Enigma)

Block Ciphers and the Data Encryption Standard: Block Cipher Principles, The Data Encryption Standard, The Strength of DES, Differential and Linear Cryptanalysis, Block Cipher Design Principles. The AES Cipher, Multiple Encryption and Triple DES 175

Block Cipher Modes of Operation, ECB, CBC, FCB, OFB, CTR

Stream Ciphers and RC4 189

Key Distribution Random Number Generation, Public-Key Encryption and Hash Functions

Public-Key Cryptography and RSA, Principles of Public-Key Cryptosystems, The RSA Algorithm

Key Management; Other Public-Key Cryptosystems, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

Message Authentication and Hash Functions, Authentication Requirements, Authentication Functions, Message Authentication Codes, Hash Functions

Digital Signatures and Authentication Protocols

Network Security Applications, Kerberos, Electronic Mail Security, Pretty Good Privacy, S/MIME

IP Security Overview, IP Security Architecture, Authentication Header, Encapsulating Security Payload

Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security

Viruses and Related Threats

Security Standards

Cryptography and Network Security,
William Stallings
Publisher: Prentice Hall