305681 (v.2) Wireless Data Networks 303

Area:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Introduction to network security. Cryptography: encryption principles, algorithms and key distribution, public-key cryptography, and message authentication. Authentication applications: kerberos, X.509 and directory authentication. Electronic mail security: PGP and S/MIME. IP security. Web security: requirements, SSL, TLS and SET. Network management security: SNMP. Intruders and viruses. Firewalls: design principles and trusted systems.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	031305 Computer Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Sri Lanka Inst Info Tech	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External