Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach

Network security, attacks on ARP, TCP/IP, DNS, & BGP protocols; Sniffing/Spoofing; Firewall; VPN; How the Internet works

Created by: Wenliang Du
Professor at Syracuse University, ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow

What Will I Learn?

• Study classic network attacks and gain in-depth understandings of their technical details
• Study how the Internet and the TCP/IP protocols work
• Understand the security problems in the design and implementation of the TCP/IP protocols
• Master the fundamental attack (ethical hacking) and defense skills in network security
• Gain hands-on experiences through 11 labs (SEED Labs) developed by the instructor
• Implement Firewall, VPN, sniffer, spoofing, and various network security tools using C or Python

Requirements

• Have basic programming background
• Understand basic operating system concepts, such as process, memory, kernel etc.

Target audience

• Anybody who is interested in ethical hacking
• Anybody who is interested in learning how the Internet works
• Anybody who is interested in learning how the Internet can be attacked
• Students who are interested in learning the theories and practices in the field of network security
• Graduate and upper-division undergraduate students in computer science, computer engineering, and IT-related fields