Assignment 1 Task 1:(3)
 Identify the vulnerabilities involved in the following network applications protocol
● DNS – Domain Name Service
● WEP – Wireless Equivalent Protocol
● SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Task 2 (3)
How the following cryptographic technologies are used to achieve the network security: Confidentiality, Authentication and Integrity.
● Digital Certificates
● VPN – Virtual Private Network
● SSL/TLS – Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security
Task 3: (4)
You need to list all the steps and commands used to
● Create a Private Network by using virtualisation technology (software may be used is VMPlayer or VirtualBox)
● Install OpenSSL and build a CA on your computer if OpenSSL is not available
 Task 4: ( 0 )
Draft a plan of a network security implementation project, which will outline the structure and activities involved in the project
A set of possible topics for the project are recommended here, from which you may choose one to be your research project topic of assignment 3.
● Secure Outlook email system using the GPG4win
 â— Creating a Secure web server using the X.509 Certificates
● Secure a private network using the VPN technology
● Using iptable to Build a Firewall to protect a private network.
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Q4 in Assignment 1 is to draft a proposal for the selected topic. A project proposal is a plan in which you need to answer 4W questions.
1. What topic you are interested,
2. Why or the motivations/aims, and
3. What method you are going to use. You also need to describe the techniques and system architecture if exist.
4. When or at what time.
It is expected your proposal has a length of 1 to 2 pages, the following information are needed:
• Context:
• Information/literature review
• Motivations/aims
• Implementation Requirements and
• Time schedule

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