63SN3262+-+Network+Administration,+Management+&+Security

=63SN3262 - Network Administration, Management & Security= Welcome to the 63SN3262 homepage for Autumn 2009. This page will provide information concerning the course schedule as well as lecture notes, slides, worksheets, and programming assignments.

News
Self Directed Study week starts Monday 16th November 2009. There will be //NO// lecture but labs will be running as usual. (New)

//Maths support// Contact Richard Cameron 12-14.00 Wednesday for all students in Faculty and FY 12-13.00 Monday and Thursday for students in docm in the first instance

Teaching Staff
The convenor of the module is: Dr Mohammad Hammoudeh Office hours:To be assigned

General Information

 * Study Guide 2009, [|guide09.pdf]
 * Diagnostic Test, [|diagnostic.pdf]

TERM 1
Unit 1: Network Management 1, [|Unit1.pdf]; More on unit 1 [|unit1+.pdf]; Example 1 solution, [|Unit1s.pdf] Unit 2: Network Management 2, [|Unit2.pdf]; Example 2 solution, [|Unit2s.pdf] Unit 3: Network Management Protocols (SNMP), [|Unit3.pdf] Unit 4: MIB-II, SMI and ASN.1, [|Unit4.pdf] Unit 5: Instances of MIB objects, Lexicographical Ordering & ..., [|Unit5.pdf] Unit 6-a: Performance Metrics, [|unit6s.pdf] Unit 6-b: Performance Metrics -- Availability Calculation Examples, Unit 7: RMON and another mystery, [|unit7.pdf]

TERM 2
Unit 8: Network Security Overview, Unit 9: RSA, Unit 10: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Unit 11: Conventional Cryptography, Unit 12: Key Management -- PKI and CAs Unit 13: Firewalls Unit 14: IPSec

TERM 1
Exercise 0: Basic Unix/Linux Commands, [|ex0.pdf], [|ex0bit.bmp.bmp],[|section 9 of ex0.pdf] Exercise 1: Using Linux Commands to Investigate a Sub-network, [|ex1.pdf], Solutions, [|sol1.pdf]; Note, [|ex1-q7.pdf] (New) Exercise 2: Using Scripts to Investigate the Status of Machines on a Network, [|ex2.pdf]; The GAWK Manual Exercise 3: Simple Network Management Monitoring Tool, [|ex3.pdf]; [|sol3.pdf] Exercise 4: Scheduling Tasks. The use of **//sleep//**, **//at//** and **//watch//**, [|ex4.pdf] Exercise 5: Use of **ssh** in scripts, [|ex5.pdf] Exercise 6: Use of SNMP utilities, [|ex6.pdf]

TERM 2
Exercise 7: Very Brief Introduction to Python Exercise 8: Bit manipulation etc in Python Exercise 9: Some Module Arithmetic etc in Python Exercise 10: Encryption and decryption using RSA Exercise 10: Fuller solution to question 3 of exercise 10 Exercise 11: RSA Demonstration in Python Exercise 12: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Exercise 13: TEA, the Vernam Cipher and a little problem

Assessment
1st assignment: 50 minutes test on week 11 before the Lecture (09:00 to 10:00) on Thursday 10 December 2009 in GM330 2nd assignment: out on week 16, 01/02/2010; hand in week 23 22/03/2010

Additional Materials

 * < The mathcentre - Very useful resource ||< [|mathcentre] ||
 * < Wlliam Stallings Maths Support Page ||< [|WilliamStallings] ||
 * < University of Plymouth - Maths Support Materials ||< [|Plymouth] ||
 * < Ross Anderson' web page ||< [|RA's web page] ||