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Exam Resources

Evaluation Pattern

Component Marks
CAT 10
Technical Report 10
Midterm 20
End Semester 50

Important Dates

  • Quiz 1 2023-03-15
  • Quiz 2 2023-04-11
  • Case Study 2023-05-31

Portions

Unit 1

  • Basics of Computer Security:
    • Overview
      • Definition of terms
      • Security goals
      • Shortcomings
      • (PPT shared)Attack and defense in depth
      • Malicious code
      • Worms
      • Intruders
      • (Problems)Error detection and correction (Terminologies and shift cipher, AES encryption)
    • Encryption and Cryptography
      • Ciphers and codes
      • (RSA, Elgamal, DH)Public key algorithms
      • (Chap 15) Key distribution
      • (Hash function, poperties and RSA-DS) Digital signatures

Unit 2

  • (Chap 16) Security Services:
    • Authentication and Key Exchange Protocols
    • Access control matrix
    • User authentication

Note: Chap – 1, 15 and 16 (Read from book), Use PPT shared - Theory Numerical Concepts, Enc, Dec, Sign, Verify, Error correction and detection - Problem