F21AN - Advanced Network Security
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Syllabus
1. Internet Security: review of some TCP/IP stack Protocols and their known vulnerabilities. (1.1 1- Address Resolution Protocol, 1.2 2- Internet Protocol, 1.3 3- Internet Control Message Protocol , 1.4 4- User Datagram Protocol, 1.5 5- Transmission Control Protocol)
2. Wireless (Wi-Fi) Security (2.1 1- Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP , 2.2 2- Wireless Protected Access WPA and IEEE802.11i)
3. Penetration testing and the penetration testing process. (3.1 1- Reconnaissance , 3.2 2- Scanning , 3.3 3- Gaining access, 3.4 4- Maintaining access, 3.5 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.
- 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: 11
Credits: 15
