Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach

What you’ll learn
Study classic network attacks and gain in-depth understandings of their technical details
Study how the Internet and the TCP/IP protocols work
Understand the security problems in the design and implementation of the TCP/IP protocols
Master the fundamental attack (ethical hacking) and defense skills in network security
Gain hands-on experiences through 11 labs (SEED Labs) developed by the instructor
Implement Firewall, VPN, sniffer, spoofing, and various network security tools using C or Python
Requirements
Have basic programming background
Understand basic operating system concepts, such as process, memory, kernel etc.
Description
This course focuses on a variety of attacks on the Internet, It systematically studies each layer of the TCP/IP protocols, discusses the vulnerabilities in its design and implementation, and demonstrates how to exploit the vulnerabilities in attacks. Many classic attacks are covered in this course, with great technical details.

The course emphasizes hands-on learning. For each attack covered, students not only learn how the attack works in theory, they also learn how to actually conduct the attack, in a contained virtual machine environment. The hands-on exercises developed by the instructor are called SEED labs, and they are being used by over 1000 institutes worldwide. The course is based on the textbook written by the instructor. The book, titled “Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach, 2nd Edition”, has been adopted by over 130 universities and colleges worldwide.

Who this course is for:
Anybody who is interested in ethical hacking
Anybody who is interested in learning how the Internet works
Anybody who is interested in learning how the Internet can be attacked
Students who are interested in learning the theories and practices in the field of network security
Graduate and upper-division undergraduate students in computer science, computer engineering, and IT-related fields