The autumn 2008 course is 3 credits. The course will be lectured in English in the 2nd lecture period starting from 3 November. There will be ten three-hour lectures in five weeks. Exercise groups will start on 10 and 11 November.

The course will cover threat models for network security, standard network security protocols, the rationale behind their design, their limitations, and future directions. The goal of the exercises is to give students the opportunity to explore selected security mechanisms in more detail.

One aim of this course is to form the basis for an MSc-level course on network security in the following years. This year's course is, however, aimed also at postragduate students. The students are expected to understand the basic concepts of IP networking, cryptography and security. The lectures will not cover the basics of these areas.

Intended audience: Graduate and postgraduate students with basic knowledge of IP networking, information security and cryptography.

Evaluation: Examination. Exercises are not mandatory but strongly recommended.

There is no mandatory textbook, although reading one of the following is recommended:

• William Stallings, Network security essentials: applications and standards, 3rd ed., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007
• Kaufman, Perlman, and Speciner, Network security: PRIVATE communication in a PUBLIC world, Prentice-Hall, 2002
• Man Young Rhee, Internet Security: Cryptographic Principles, Algorithms and Protocols, Wiley 2003

A reading list of online articles and chapters from the text books will be provided for each lecture. The students are also expected to refer to Wikipedia, RFCs and other Internet sources to resolve questions and find further detail.

The course language is English.

Lecturer: Tuomas Aura, tuomas.aura at tkk.fi
Head assistant: Timo Kiravuo, timo.kiravuo at tkk.fi

Lecturer's office hours are weekly after the Tuesday lecture.