This website promotes two information security courses lectured by professor Kjell J. Hole. The members of the NoWires Research Group help you with the course assignments.
The Wi-Fi and BT course introduces the popular Wi-Fi (or IEEE 802.11) cellular networks and the Bluetooth (BT) standard, an ad hoc network standard for PANs. The course first discusses how to design a Wi-Fi network and presents a real network installation. Next, the security mechanisms in Wi-Fi networks are analyzed. The course then considers the Bluetooth voice and data connections, as well as the encryption and authentication mechanisms in Bluetooth. Java BT programming is also introduced.
The Web Security course focuses mainly on secure client-server applications. First, web-based attacks are studied. Then, the course develops a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) that provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality services to web applications. It is shown how the widely used SSL protocol can offer these services when the protocol is combined with an underlying infrastructure for client and server certificates. Finally, security risk management is introduced. Several large examples illustrate the most important steps in the risk management process.
Last updated 15.06.08. Webmaster KJH
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