14-742: Security in Networked Systems

Some of today's most damaging attacks on computer systems involve exploitation of network infrastructure, either as the target of attack or as a vehicle to advance attacks on end systems. This course provides an in-depth study of network attack techniques and methods to defend against them. Topics include network- and transport-layer attacks and defenses; network intrusion detection; denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) detection and reaction; worm and virus propagation; tracing the source of attacks; traffic analysis; techniques for hiding the source or destination of network traffic; secure routing protocols; content poisoning attacks; and advanced techniques for reacting to network attacks.

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