Sanjay Goel, School of Business, UAlbany

PH: (518) 442-4925
FX: (518) 442-2568
Email: goel@albany.edu

Business Administration 310b
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12222

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MSI 603: Communications Networking and Computer Security

Fall 2002 Syllabus

Download syllabus: msi603syllabus.pdf

Instructor Information

Sanjay Goel

Office: BA 310b
Hours: M 1 - 2:30pm & by appt.
PH: (518) 442-4925
FX (518) 442-2568
Email: goel@albany.edu

CLASS INFORMATION

Time:	TH 1 - 4pm
Room:	BA 233
Dates:	September 5 - December 5

Available Lab(s):

MIS Lab

COURSE OVERVIEW

This course covers Data Communications, Computer Networking and Computer Security. The first portion on communications will cover fundamentals of signal transmission, transmission hardware and basic concepts like multiplexing. The networking portion will cover Network Topologies, the OSI model, and the TCP/IP protocol suite. In the security portion of the course we will discuss vulnerabilities of the network and techniques for protecting data such as Cryptography and Steganography. Public Key Infrastructure, which is currently used for secure data transmission over the web, will also be discussed. The class will include Network and Security Programming using Java language to supplement the theory covered in the classes. By the end of the semester, students should expect to have a general understanding of the above topics and should be capable of simple network programming. The computer labs on networking in the first few weeks are contingent upon how comfortable the students are in Java programming.

Text & Reference Books

Text: Data Communications & Computer Networks: A Business Users's Approach by Curt M. White
Text: Hackers Beware by Eric Cole
Reference: Professional Java Security by Jess Garms and Daniel Somerfield
Reference: Computer Networking, A top down approach featuring the Internet by James W. Kurose and Keith Ross.

Grading

Homework: 25%
Paper: 25%
Exams: 50%

Course Schedule

Week	Date	Topics	Readings
1	9/05	Introduction	1
1	9/05	Fundamentals of Data and Signals	2
2	9/12	Hardware & Media Types
2	9/12	Multiplexing
3	9/19	Internet Architecture / Layered Internet Model
3	9/19	Socket Programming in Java - TCP
4	9/26	Layered Internet Model (OSI Model)
4	9/26	Socket Programming in Java - UDP
5	10/3	Routing	10
5	10/3	Remote Method Invocation	Notes
6	10/10	Network Congestion Control
6	10/10	Exam I
7	10/17	Introduction to Security / Hacker Attacks
7	10/17	Security Lab
8	10/24	Hacker Attacks cont'd.
8	10/24	Security Lab
9	10/31	Cryptography - Symmetric & Asymmetric
9	10/31	Security Programming (Symmetric)
10	11/07	Public Key Infrastructure
10	11/07	Security Programming (Asymmetric)
11	11/14	Security Modeling / Review
11	11/14	Exam II
12	11/21	Watermarking and Steganography
12	11/21	Lab Exercise - Steganography
13	12/5	Presentations