CS 438 Network Security

Total Credits: 3 cr

Course Coordinator: Jim Alves-Foss

URL: http://www2.cs.uidaho.edu/~jimaf/cs438/

Current Catalog Description: WSU Cpt S 425. Practical topics in network security; policy and mechanism, malicious code; intrusion detection, prevention, response; cryptographic techniques for privacy and integrity; emphasis on tradeoffs between risk of misuse, cost of prevention, and societal issues; concepts implemented in programming assignments.

Textbook: Roberta Bragg, Mark Rhodes-Ousley, and Keith Strassberg, Network Security: The Complete Reference, 2004; Ed Skoudis, Counter Hack Reloaded, 2005

References: Copies of presentation slides and links to relevant reference material are provided on the course web site.

Course Goals:

Prerequisites by Topic:

Major Topics Covered in the Course:

Laboratory projects (specify number of weeks on each): None.

Estimated Curriculum Category Content:

Area	Core	Advanced	Area	Core	Advanced
Algorithms			Data Structures
Software Design			Prog. Languages
Computer Arch			Other

Oral and Written Communications:

Social and Ethical Issues:

Theoretical Content:

Problem Analysis:

Solution Design:

Course Outcomes: The following list documents the course outcomes and crossreferences them to the BSCS program outcomes. The letter at the beginning of each reference identifies the program outcome supported. The numbers sequentially identify the course outcome for this course. After completing CS 438 a student should know or be able to: