F20AN - Advanced Network Security
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Syllabus
1. Internet Security: review of some TCP/IP stack Protocols and their known vulnerabilities. (1.1 Address Resolution Protocol, 1.2 Internet Protocol, 1.3 Internet Control Message Protocol, 1.4 User Datagram Protocol, 1.5 Transmission Control Protocol)
2. Wireless (Wi-Fi) Security (2.1 Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP, 2.2 Wireless Protected Access WPA and IEEE802.11i)
3. Penetration testing and the penetration testing process. (3.1 Reconnaissance, 3.2 Scanning, 3.3 Gaining access, 3.4 Maintaining access, 3.5 Covering tracks)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:
- By the end of this course, students will be able to identify vulnerabilities in common TCP/IP protocols.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to critically assess the security of common ethical hacking targets, such as networked hosts.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to appraise the security of wireless systems, such as WEP and WPA.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to identify vulnerable components in the target system by drawing on the output of a collection of recon tools.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to combine different hacking tools to devise an attack scenario specific to their target.
Further details
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SCQF Level: 10
Credits: 15
