Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach
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Brief Introduction
Network security, attacks on ARP, TCP/IP, DNS, & BGP protocols; Sniffing/Spoofing; Firewall; VPN; How the Internet worksDescription
This course focuses on a variety of attacks on the Internet, It systematically studies each layer of the TCP/IP protocols, discusses the vulnerabilities in its design and implementation, and demonstrates how to exploit the vulnerabilities in attacks. Many classic attacks are covered in this course, with great technical details.
The course emphasizes hands-on learning. For each attack covered, students not only learn how the attack works in theory, they also learn how to actually conduct the attack, in a contained virtual machine environment. The hands-on exercises developed by the instructor are called SEED labs, and they are being used by over 1000 institutes worldwide. The course is based on the textbook written by the instructor. The book, titled "Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach, 2nd Edition", has been adopted by over 130 universities and colleges worldwide.
Requirements
- Requirements
- Have basic programming background
- Understand basic operating system concepts, such as process, memory, kernel etc.