Reference no: EM13480969

Network and Information Security

The goal of this assignment is to provide exposure to a typical network security problem. This is an individual assignment.

For the assignment, you are required to implement (or test) a security mechanism and write a report, or to write a research report based on an in-depth analysis (possibly with a case study). The topic, may be of your interest, needs to be approved in advance by the course convenor Dr Xin-Wen Wu; other than that, there are no restrictions. If you choose to complete a research report (not an implementation or a test of a security mechanism) for the assignment, the research report should be of at least 1500 words.

Possible Topics:

You can choose one of the following topics to complete the assignment:

• Developing an encryption/decryption demo (mainly for learning and teaching purposes)
• Developing a secure on-line micro-payment system
• Developing a simple biometric authentication model
• Developing firewall architecture for WLANs
• Developing security management framework for wireless networks
• Enhancing security in Internet banking
• Cryptanalysis of well-known ciphers (e.g., AES, RSA, SHA, etc.)
• Multi-factor authentication and its applications
• Security in digital content distributing systems
• Digital copyright protection
• Privacy protection in electronic commerce
• Privacy and security issues in e-Health
• Protection of network-based systems against distributed denial-of-service attacks
• IPsec implementation issues in wireless networks
• Secure wireless routing
• Challenges and solutions for security in mobile ad-hoc networks
• Security in peer-to-peer networks
• Security in on-line network games
• IPv6 security issues
• Bluetooth security
• Digital watermarking and fingerprinting