CIS 410/510: Network Security

Frequently Asked Questions

• What equipment as a platform for teaching and for the lab (linux/bsd boxen, cisco, etc.)?
  
  Probably only when you work on a class project will you be concerned about the platform or equipments, for which I'll ask students themselves to decide what to work on and what software/hardware to use, typically after consulting with me.
  
  
• What will the focus of the class be? (i.e. using cryptography to prevent interception/misdirection of communications, designing archetutures to prevent information leakage, high level strategies to analyse systems & design plans to deal with weaknessess and recovery, etc.) What I'm trying to get at is: Will this class designed as an overview/survey of the issues and strategies involved in network security or a more hands on lab structured class dealing with specific issues?
  
  Our lectures will be leaning toward the survey side, but I'll try to cover materials at sufficient depth. Students are expected to improve their hands on skills through the class projects.