CPTR 427 - Network Security

3 hours

This course provides an overview to key issues and solutions for information security and privacy. Introduction to cryptography and its application to network and operating system security; security threats; applications of cryptography; secret key and public key cryptographic algorithms; hash functions; basic number theory; authentication; security for electronic mail and network scripting languages. Two hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week. Lab Fee: 10 ($210).
Prerequisite(s): CPTR 328. Recommended: CPTE 254.
WINTER, odd years