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After this course, the students are able to
- sniff, modify, and analyze network traffic,
- recognize and apply common attacks against computer networks, and their defenses,
- configure firewalls with iptables,
- understand the basic concepts of network encryption on different layers.
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This course gives a short introduction to computer networks from a security perspective and then focuses on attacks against networks and how to defend them.
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| The background provided by the lectures "Security" and "Networks and Distributed Systems" is helpful, but not mandatory. |
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| Homework assignments and written exam. |
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