CRYPTOGRAPHY & NETWORK SECURITY (BCS703)

Understand the basics of Cryptography concepts, Security and its principle

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Course Information

Course Code

BCS703

Credits

04

Total Hours

40 hours

Examination

Theory (3 hours)

Course Objectives

  • Understand the basics of Cryptography concepts, Security and its principle.
  • To analyse different Cryptographic Algorithms.
  • To illustrate public and private key cryptography.
  • To understand the key distribution scenario and certification.

Course Modules

Module 1: A model for Network Security, Classical encryption techniques

Topics: Symmetric cipher model, Substitution ciphers-Caesar Cipher, Monoalphabetic Cipher, Playfair Cipher, Hill Cipher, Polyalphabetic Ciphers, One time pad, Steganography...

10 hours
Module 2: Pseudorandom number Generators

Topics: Linear Congruential Generators, Blum Blum Shub Generator..

10 hours
Module 3: Applications of Cryptographic Hash functions

Topics: Symmetric key distribution using symmetric encryption, Symmetric key distribution using asymmetric encryption.

10 hours
Module 4: User Authentication

Topics: Remote user authentication principles, Kerberos, Remote user authentication using asymmetric encryption.

10 hours
Module 5: Domainkeys Identified Mail.

Topics: IP Security overview, IP Security Policy, Encapsulating Security Payload,.

10 hours