CS 553   (Spring 2004) Advanced Computer Networks

Instructor

Hamdy Soliman - hss@nmt.edu 
Office: Speare 147
Phone: 835-5170
Class place/time: Jonesa 106, 14.00-15.15

Textbook

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet (second Edition)
By J.F.Kurose and K.W.Ross, Publisher: Eddison Wesley

Exams

• Midterm Exam (in class): Tuesday, March 23, 2004. Closed book and notes.
• Midterm Exam (Take-Home part)
• Takehome exam solutions
• Very important!!!! Students must submit both exams (in class, and take home).
• In-Class Midterm Solutions
• FINAL EXAM!!! Monday, May 10, 9 a.m. at Speare 113.

Grading

Mid Term Exam (closed book and notes) : 40%
Group Presentations and Final Report : 50%
Indivudual Presentation and Class Participation : 10%

Note: Grades may vary as the system progresses.

Topics to be covered (not necessarily in that order)

• Introduction to the Internet
• Link layer protocols
• Network layer protocols
• Transport layer protocols
• Application layer protocols
• Internet security

Notice

During the first half of the semester, the instructor presents the above topics. The students are entitled to form groups and collaborate to choose a subject (has to be approved by the instructor). The group has to perform an extensive research about the subject(related to the above topics), and prepare 5 presentations, each of half-hour duration. The final presentation includes the recent work done in the chosen-subject area (from the litterature), along with any obtained results/analysis and the group's final conclusion. A final project report has to be submitted to the instructor before the end of the semester.

References

1. Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards
   
   • By William Stallings
     
   • Publisher: Prentice Hall
     
   
   
2. Computer Networks
   
   • Andrew S. Tanenbaum
     
   • Publisher: Prentice Hall
     
   
   
3. Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 3rd edition
   
   • By Morgan Kaufmann
     
   • Publisher: Prentice Hall
     
   
   
4. Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architecture
   
   • By Leon-Garcia and Widjaja
     
   • Publisher: McGraw Hill
     
   
   
5. Internetworking with TCP/IP: Principles, Protocols and Architectures, 4th edition, Volume 1, 2, and 3
   
   • By Douglas E. Comer
     
   • Publisher: Prentice Hall
     
   
   

Useful Papers

1. Nodes Bearing Grudges: Towards Routing Security, Fairness, and Robustness in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
2. On Communication Security in Wireless Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks
3. ActiveSync, TCP/IP and 802.11b Wireless Vulnerabilities of WinCE-based PDAs
4. Secure Aggregation for Wireless Networks
5. A Method for Security Enhancements in AODV Protocol
6. Toward a Security Architecture for Smart Messages: Challenges, Solutions, and Open Issues
7. Securing Authentication and Privacy in Ad hoc Partitioned Networks
8. Toward Secure Key Distribution in Truly Ad-Hoc Networks
9. Thirty Years Later: Lessons from the Multics Security Evaluation
10. Key Management for Heterogeneous Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
11. A Client-based Handoff Mechanism for Mobile IPv6Wireless Networks
12. A Secure Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks
13. Securing Mobile Appliances: New Challenges for the System Designer
14. Self-securing Ad HocWireless Networks
15. Vulnerability Assessment in Wireless Networks
16. A Low-Energy Key Management Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks