CS 492 Computer Security
The fundamentals of computer and network security issues are explored. Topics include classical and modern techniques of conventional encryption; algorithms; public-key encryption, and hash functions; network security, with regard to e-mail, IP, and the Web; and system security intruders, viruses, worms, and firewalls.
Credits
3
Prerequisite
Grade C- or better in both
CS 253 and
CS 254 or Permission of Department Chair, or admission to a graduate program in CIT.
CS 501 and
CS 502 are prerequisites for graduate students.