CMSC 414
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Exam 2 topics
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Spring 2011
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Topics for exam 2 spring 2011.
(NS refers to the course text (2nd edition).)
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NS chapter 1 (Introduction): all sections.
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NS chapter 2 (Introduction to Cryptography): all sections.
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NS chapter 3-6:
As usual, I won't ask questions on crypto itself
but you should know the basics of DES, CBC, OFB,
hash functions, HMAC, RSA, Diffie-Helman.
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NS chapter 9 (Overview of Authentication Systems): all sections.
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NS chapter 11 (Security Handshake Pitfalls): all sections.
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NS chapter 12 (Strong Password Protocols):
sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.4,
basic EKE, augmented EKE.
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NS chapter 16 (Real-time Communication Security):
sections 16.1 through 16.6.
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NS chapter 13 (Kerberos V4):
all sections except 13.9 (encryption and integrity),
13.10 (integrity only), 13.12 (message formats).
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NS chapter 14 (Kerberos V5):
sections 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.10, 14.12, 14.14 (no details).
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NS chapter 15 (Public Key Infrastructure):
sections 15.1-15.3, 15.4.1 paragraph 1 (stop at 15.4.1.1).
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NS chapter 17: all sections except 17.6.
Regarding IPv4 and IPv6 headers,
know the overall structure and the important fields
(source address, destination address, TTL / hop count,
protocol number / next header, size of header, size of packet),
but no need to know the order of the fields or their sizes.
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NS chapter 19: sections 19.1 to 19.8.
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Note on modeling and analyzing authentication protocols.
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Hws 2, 3, 4. Exam 1, practice exams 1 and 2.
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Material covered in class,
some of which is not covered or only slightly covered in NS,
for example, NAT, TCP.