Network Management and Security

Objectives

Students should be able to:

  • Identify the activities for management of networks, services and distributed applications;
  • Apply the appropriate paradigm to perform these activities taking into account their limitations;
  • Describe common challenges of automatic and autonomic network management;
  • Define metrics for representation and parameterization in QoS management;
  • Effectively use common tools to perform strategic, administrative and operational management of distributed communication systems and applications.
  • Identify key security threats to Internet network equipment and services, including management systems;
  • Identify the main vulnerabilities introduced in computer systems when connected to the Internet;
  • Describe the most appropriate security mechanisms and standards to immunize networks and services and reduce their levels of vulnerability;
  • Apply strategies and specific tools to detect and eliminate security vulnerabilities in service networks and distributed applications.

Program

1 Motivation and historical introduction 2 Management Architectures: OSI, TMN and INMF 3 INMF/SNMP Architecture: Information model and management entities 4 SMI and SNMP Standards 5 MIB-II, Interfaces-MIB and RMON-MIB 6 Security Implementation with VACM and USM 7 FCAPS Classification 8 Configuration, fault monitoring, traffic and quality of service management activities 9 Operational, administrative and strategic management 10 Data-independent, role-oriented and service-oriented paradigms 11 Integrated and policy management 12 Automatic and autonomic management 13 Advanced mechanisms developed by the IETF DMTF 14 Security threats in distributed services and applications 15 Network infrastructure vulnerabilities 16 Network Infrastructure security mechanisms 17 Access control and authorization levels for distributed resources 18 Integrated vulnerability prevention, detection and elimination strategies for networks, distributed services and applications

Bibliography

  • Essential SNMP, Douglas Mauro, Kevin Schmidt, O’Reilly, 2005.
  • SNMP MIB Handbook, Larry Walsh, Wyndham Press, 2008.
  • SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3 and RMON 1 and 2, William Stallings, Addison-Wesley, 1999.
  • Information Security: The Complete Reference, McGraw-Hill Education, 2013.
  • Cryptography and Network Security, Principles and Practices, William Stallings, 2016.

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