CSE-5381 Information Security II

MW 5:30pm - 6:50pm Wolf Hall, Room 208

Announcement: Final exam will be on Monday, May 5, from 5:30pm to 8:00pm, at WH 208.. Project information is available here. The final handout, slides for all chapters, and all homework are available here.

Instructor: Nan Zhang Office: 306 NH, (817) 272-3334 email: nzhang at uta.edu Office Hours: MW 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Course Objective: This is an introductory course that covers the basic issues and principles of cryptographic and network security techniques. We will cover the following topics: Conventional encryption, Public-key encryption and hash function, Cryptographic protocols, Network and system security practice, and Data security and privacy. Textbook: Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security, 4th edition. Prentice Hall, 2006. Optimal Readings: Goldreich, Foundations of Cryptography: Basic Tools, Cambridge University Press, 2001. Schneier, Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Wiley, 1996. Kaufman, Perlman, and Speciner, Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002. Please check back for updates.