ITS 4530 Section 100, Class 10150, Lab Class 10151
Class Meetings Mon/Wed 3:30-4:50pm - Scripps Hall 016
Final Exam Time Wednesday, Dec 10 , at 12:20 p.m.
Dr. Hans Kruse, Professor Emeritus of Emerging Communication Technologies
Office Hours on Teams as arranged.
On-campus meetings by appointment RTVC 235
"The basic principles and technology of telecommunication using encryption as a security tool, including hash functions, symmetric key encryption. The basic concepts of data security: availability, confidentiality, authentication, non-repudiation. Digital signatures. Some topics are: SSH, VPN, IPsec, Kerberos. A key topic will be PKI - Public Key Infrastructure - systems."
Competently use SSH for command line access to remote machines; use SSH port forwarding for VPN's.
Create and verify digital signatures; understand how they provide authentication and non-repudiation.
Encrypt and decrypt email using PGP or equivalent.
Explain/understand SSL and the PKI that supports it; create web sites that use https; explain potential vulnerabilities.
Understand Kerberos and its usage as the underlying authentication mechanism of Windows.
Understand and be able to employ the concepts of availability, confidentiality, authentication, and non-repudiation.
Understand the three basic cryptographic tools: hash functions, symmetric key encryption, and public key encryption.
Understand/explain the basics for IPsec.
Use/understand basic tools for security management: hashcalc, keepass, trucrypt.
Electronic resources listed on the class web site
Documents posted on Blackboard
If you feel you need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability, contact me privately to discuss your specific needs and provide the written documentation from the Office of Student Accessibility Services. If you are not yet registered as a student with a disability, please contact the Office of Student Accessibility Services at 740.593.2620 or visit their office in 348 Baker University Center. https://www.ohio.edu/uc/sas
If I learn of any instances of sexual misconduct, relationship violence, stalking, or other forms of prohibited sexual misconduct, I am required to report them (all university employees are mandatory reporters if they learn of sexual misconduct). If you wish to share such information in confidence, please contact one of the many confidential resources listed at https://www.ohio.edu/equity-civil-rights/Resources.cfm.
Attendance and participation are expected at every class meeting. Studies show a direct relationship between classroom attendance/participation and grade performance: when you attend and participate, you are more likely to get a better grade! Attendance is considered an extra-credit component.
In addition to participation/attendance/absence policies already listed, students/you may be absent for up to three (3) days each academic semester, without penalty, to take time off for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system or to participate in organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or other religious or spiritual organization. Students/You are required to notify the instructor/me in writing of specific dates requested for alternative accommodations no later than fourteen (14) days after the first day of instruction. These requests will remain confidential. For more information about this policy, students/you may contact the Director and Title IX Coordinator, Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, Lindley Hall, 006, 740-593-9140, Equity@ohio.edu.
All written assignments will be turned in via our class Blackboard site. Late assignments will not be accepted after the deadline (extensions of deadlines will be given for excused absences).
Academic integrity and honesty are core values of Ohio University (Ohio University Articles of Academe). Academic Misconduct refers to dishonesty in examinations (cheating), presenting the ideas or the writing of someone else as your own (plagiarism), or knowingly furnishing false information to the university. Academic misconduct is also a violation of the Ohio University Student Code of Conduct, subject to a maximum sanction of disciplinary suspension or expulsion as well as a grade penalty in this course. I would encourage you to become familiar with the OHIO Student Code of Conduct: https://www.ohio.edu/communitystandards/code-of-conduct.cfm
Any records (grades, attendance, etc.) and materials will be discarded after one year.
The lectures, classroom activities, and all materials associated with this class and developed by the instructor are copyrighted in the name of Dr. Hans Kruse (2024).
You will receive a letter grade for this course.
You are strongly encouraged to monitor your own progress in this and other courses. Also, as a precaution, always save all returned assignments in all of your courses until after you have received your final grades for the semester.
Readings and associated quizzes - 15%
Weekly assignments (written assignments and hands-on virtual labs) - 45%
Mid-Term mini project - 15%
Final Project - 25%
95% and above : A
90% and above : A-
88% and above : B+
85% and above : B
80% and above : B-
78% and above : C+
75% and above : C
70% and above : C-
68% and above : D+
65% and above : D
60% and above : D-
Below 60% : F