Cryptography and Network Security - Detailed Syllabus
B.Tech Electronics and Computer Engineering
Detailed unit-wise syllabus for Cryptography and Network Security as per the AKTU curriculum.
Detailed unit-wise syllabus for Cryptography and Network Security as per the AKTU curriculum.
| Unit | Detailed Syllabus |
Proposed Lecture |
|---|---|---|
| I |
Introduction to security attacks, services and mechanism,
Classical encryption techniques - substitution ciphers and
transposition ciphers, cryptanalysis, steganography, Stream and
block ciphers.
Modern Block Ciphers: Block ciphers principles, Shannon's theory of confusion and diffusion, Feistel structure. Data encryption standard (DES), Strength of DES, Idea of differential cryptanalysis, block cipher modes of operations, Triple DES. |
08 |
| II |
Introduction to group, field finite field of the form GF(p),
modular arithmetic, prime and relative prime numbers, Extended
Euclidean Algorithm.
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption and decryption, Fermat's and Euler's theorem, Primarily testing, Chinese Remainder theorem, Discrete Logarithmic Problem. Principles of public key crypto systems, RSA algorithm, security of RSA. |
08 |
| III |
Message Authentication Codes:
Authentication requirements, authentication functions,
message authentication code, hash functions, birthday attacks,
security of hash functions, Secure hash algorithm (SHA).
Digital Signatures: Digital Signatures, Elgamal Digital Signature Techniques, Digital signature standards (DSS), proof of digital signature algorithm. |
08 |
| IV |
Key Management and distribution:
Symmetric key distribution, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange,
Public key distribution, X.509 Certificates, Public key
Infrastructure.
Authentication Applications: Kerberos. Electronic mail security: PGP, S/MIME. |
08 |
| V |
IP Security:
Architecture, Authentication header, Encapsulating security
payloads, combining security associations, key management.
Introduction to Secure Socket Layer, Secure electronic transaction (SET). System Security: Introduction idea of Intrusion, Intrusion detection, Viruses and related threats, firewalls. |
08 |