CprE 537 is an introduction to the security issues of wireless networks. The course starts with a brief introduction to the fundamentals of wireless communications and moves on to discuss vulnerabilities
and state-of-the-art countermeasures. In doing so, it covers elements of spread-spectrum communications and cryptography (wireless-specific and with concrete examples). The course continues with an introduction to information theory which enables an in-depth analysis of secrecy, coding and physical-layer secrecy.

Time and place

Lectures:
Howe 1344,
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10:00 am - 10:50 am.


notes & announcements

Here's a link to a prototype of the future Virtual Wireless Security Lab.
This is a safe WiFi environment where you have access to a legitimate transceiver, and an attack node, and you can execute various attacks on 802.11. Feel free to try it out. I have posted an assessment on WebCT, where you can provide feedback.


Project presentations will take place during the three class meetings of the dead week. All students enrolled in section A have to prepare and present a slide show not exceeding 15 minutes.
The presentation schedule is available for download here.

The final exam will be a take-home exam. It will be assigned on Friday,  04/29/2011 and it will be due on Wednesday, 05/04/2011. Exam assignment and submission will be done through WebCT.

Project reports are due on 04/29/2011. Please submit them through WebCT.

Homework 6 is posted and due on 04/22/2011.


Homework 5 is posted and due on 04/08/2011.


The project proposals have been posted in the Projects section of this website. Please check to see whether your project proposal is there.


Homework 4 is posted and due on 03/25/2011. This one might take more time since you will need to set up your own little experiment. So please plan accordingly.

Homewok 3 is posted on WebCT and due on 03/04/2011

A new assessment has been created on WebCT. Please answer the two questions as soon as possible.

Project Proposals are due on March 4. Please submit your files through WebCT.

Homework 2 is posted on WebCT and is due on 02/16/2011

Homework 1 is posted on WebCT and is due on 02/02/2011
    
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