CS 4393
Computer and Network Security
Introduction
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UT D
Instructor Information
Nhut Nguyen, Ph.D.
Office: ECSS 3.607
E-mail: nhutnn <at> utdallas <dot> edu
Tel: 972-883-4521
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The WWH of CS4393
• What?
– Concepts, issues, solutions, and techniques in computer
and network security
• Why?
– Want to gain a solid knowledge about security, an
increasingly important area of Information Technology (IT)
– Want to be able to evaluate, judge and make intelligent
decisions on computer and network security concepts,
techniques, issues and their solutions
• How?
– Spend effort: be prepared and participate
– Ask questions!
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/curiosity-discovery-and-gecko-feet-robert-full
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Information Technologies
Convergence
Mobility
Telecom Infocom
Industry Internet Industry
PC-LAN
PC
Desk-top computing
Computer Industry
Mainframes
Electronic
publishing and
entertainment
Media Industry
Why Security?
• Information Revolution!
– From hard economy: manufacturing, distributing, and
retailing atoms to soft economy: media, knowledge,
services - information
– Involve creation, manipulation (computing), distribution
and sharing of information (networking)
– Computer systems and networks are essential and very
important in the information based economy
– They are constantly under attack!!!
• Security technologies are required to protect
computer systems, networks and their services
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Computer and Network Technologies
• 1970s – Mainframe, PSTNs
• 1980s – Network computing, separate data
(PSDN) and voice (PSTN) networks
• 1990s – Personal computing, LAN, ISDN, the
Internet
• 2000s – RISC, wireless networks
• 2010s – Mobile computing, wearables,
Internet of Things (IoT)
• 2020s – ??????
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Why Computer and Network Security?
• People and organizations are increasingly
dependent on computers and networks
– Generate and manipulate information
– Provide means to access and share information
• Computer and networks have become an
indispensable infrastructure for individuals
and organizations alike
• But they are susceptible to security attacks!!!
• Security attacks on networks and computers
have become a huge (and expensive) problem
for both individuals and organizations
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Security Attacks Trends
Sophistication
High ?
?
Packet Alteration
IP Spoofing
Masquerading ?
DDoS
Session Hijacking
Rogue RTP
DoS
Sniffers
Required Technical
Knowledge
Low
Course Overview
• What will be covered?
– Security concepts: threats, attacks, mechanisms, services,
architecture
– Malwares and network attacks
– Tools and techniques to defense against security attacks
• Introductory cryptography
• What will not be covered?
– Advanced cryptography
– Computer and network concepts, e.g. OS, data networks
– How to hack
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Learning Levels
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Vietnamese Proverb
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