CSE 488/644 Internet Security
Lecture Notes

The TCP/IP Protocols and Attacks

• Internet Architecture and IP Addresses
• Packet Sniffing and Spoofing (Chapter 15)
• ARP Protocol and ARP Cache Poisoning
  • Quick guide of what you can do with ARP
• IP and ICMP Protocol and Attacks
  • RFC1858 - Security Considerations for IP Fragment Filtering
• UDP Protocol and Attacks
  • Wikipedia
• TCP Protocol and Attacks (Chapter 16)
• Firewall (Chapter 17)
• DNS and Attacks (Chapter 18)
  • The IP addresses of the root servers
  • The root servers' zone file
• VPN: Virtual Private Network (Chapter 19)

Cryptography and Applications

• Secret-Key Encryption (Chapter 21)
• One-way Hash Function (Chapter 22)
• Public-Key Encryption and Digital Signature (Chapter 23)
• PKI: Public-Key Infrastructure (Chapter 24)
• TLS: Transport Layer Security (Chapter 25)
• Bitcoin and Blockchain (Chapter 26)
• Case Study: Mistakes in Using Cryptography
  • Analysis of the an Electrionic Voting System (Diebold system).
  • Flaw Found in an Online Encryption Method
  • The Most Dangerous Code in the World: Validating SSL Certificates in Non-Browser Software

Security of Routing Protocols and BGP

• Butler et al. A Suvey of BGP Security.
• Nordstrom and Dovrolis. Beware of BGP Attacks.
• Routing Information Service from RIPE NCC
• BGP Routing information about Syracuse University (AS11872) from RIPE NCC