Data Communications and Networks II

                       CSCI:392:S1     Spring, 2008



      Instructor: Kenneth Brakke

      Office: SI 009

      Office phone: 4466

      Office hours: 1:00-3:00 daily.
             I am usually in my office 8:30 to 4:00 except for
             lunch and my other classes (8:45-9:50 MWF and 11:15-12:20 MWF).
             You can also make an appointment.



      Text: None, but there will be readings from Internet and on-line
            documentation.


      Grading:     Exercises:     30%
                   Midterm:       30%
                   Final exam:    40%
        Point cutoffs for the course letter grade will be determined by
        me at the end of the semester; they will likely be close to the
        traditional 90-80-70.


      Course goals:
        To survey some more advanced networking topics, with the
        emphasis on security.  Topics include authentication, encryption,
        attack methods, firewalls, proxy servers, intrusion detection,
        secure sockets layer (SSL), certificates, privacy, cookies,
        VPNs, and anonymity.
      

      Class attendence policy: Be there.  The Student Handbook states
        that one week's equivalence of absences is grounds for an F.
        I will note absences, and anybody that has what I regard as
        excessive absences will have their grade lowered as I see fit.


      Cheating and plagiarism: Don't.  Studying together to understand
        the material is fine, but the work you hand in is to be your
        own.  Many assignments by their nature will have to be done by
        pairs of students, and such assignments may be submitted jointly,
        with both names clearly included.  See the Student Handbook for the 
        dire consequences of cheating or plagiarism.