EC356 Computer Networks with Security Applications
Catalog Data & Credits (Recitation-Lab-Total)
EC356 Computer Networks with Security Applications (3-2-4): This course provides a foundation in the fundamentals of data and computer communications. Emphasis is placed on protocol and network design within the framework of the TCP/IP network architecture. Critical technical areas in data communications, wide-area networking, and local area networking are explored. Cyber security considerations, vulnerabilities, and solutions are examined at all levels of the network stack.
Pre-requisites
EE353 Probability with Applications to Electrical Engineering
Course Objectives
- Discuss and explain fundamental concepts for design, implementation and analysis of a modern data and telecommunications network.
- Correlate modern protocols with the TCP/IP protocol layered model.
- Explain the operation and provide performance analysis of protocols and underlying techniques at different layers in the network stack.
- Discuss security considerations, identify vulnerabilities, and outline solutions at various layers in the network stack.
