Software Maintenance, Evolution, and Re-Engineering

Network‬ security ‬is ‬one‬ of ‬the‬ ever-evolving‬ domains ‬of‬ research.‬ The‬ course‬ has ‬to ‬go ‬deeply‬ into ‬large ‬scale‬ network‬ attacks ‬and‬ its‬ direct‬ and ‬indirect‬ impacts.‬ Students‬ have‬ to‬ examine ‬in‬ full‬ details‬ the ‬DoS,‬ DDoS, ‬Malware-based ‬attacks,‬ penetration ‬testing‬ methodologies,‬ network‬ monitoring,‬ and‬ botnet‬ detection. ‬The‬ course‬ also ‬targets ‬designing‬ secure‬ network‬ protocols‬ and‬ studying ‬vulnerabilities ‬in ‬the ‬whole ‬TCP/IP ‬protocol‬ stack. ‬Students‬ must ‬examine‬ the ‬different‬ web‬ security ‬attacks, ‬and ‬the ‬associated‬ defense ‬models.