This introductory course on computer networking covers essential network technologies from every layer of the networking stack, ranging from networked applications over transport protocols and routing paradigms all through the physical layer.

The seminar covers various topics in information security: security protocols (models, specification & verification), trust management, access control, non-interference, side-channel attacks, identity-based cryptography, host-based attack detection, anomaly detection in backbone networks, key-management for sensor networks.

This InterFocus Course will provide a broad, hands-on introduction to Information Security, introducing adversarial thinking and security by design as key approaches to building secure systems.

Some of today's most damaging attacks on computer systems involve exploitation of network infrastructure, either as the target of attack or as a vehicle to attack end systems.This course provides an in-depth study of network attack techniques and methods to defend against them.

The first part of the course covers general security concepts and hardware-based support for security.In the second part, the focus is on system design and methodologies for building secure systems.