Security of Wireless Networks AS17
Autumn semester 2017
Course no. 252-1411-00L, (5 ECTS)
Lecture: Tuesday, 13-15h, in LEE building, room E101.
Exercises: every second Friday, in protected page CAB E 87.2 (enter via 88.1).
Course responsible: Srdjan Capkun (srdjan.capkun@inf.ethz.ch)
Assistants: Mridula Singh and Luka Malisa.
For any issues, contact us at the following e-mail address: sown@lists.inf.ethz.ch
Course Announcements
02.10 Lab manual online (general guidelines and lab 1 instructions)
02.10 Lab group assingments online
17.10 Lab group assignments updated
06.11 Cantenna Project manual online
06.11 Code for DSSS online
08.12 Exam schedule online
15.12 Updated exam schedule
Oral Exam Schedule
The exam will take place in CNB F102.2 and will roughly last 20 minutes per student. The exam is not necessary if you don't need a grade ("Schein").
In the case that you cannot make it to the exam for any reason, please contact the Pruefungsplanstelle (+41 44 632 20 68).
Exam schedule: [Download PDF (PDF, 77 KB)]
Course description
Core elements: Wireless communication channel, Wireless network architectures and protocols, Attacks on wireless networks, Protection techniques.
Course content: Wireless channel basics. Wireless electronic warfare: jamming and target tracking. Basic security protocols in cellular, WLAN and multi-hop networks. Recent advances in security of multi-hop networks; RFID privacy challenges and solutions.
Learning objectives: After this course, the students should be able to: describe and classify security goals and attacks in wireless networks; describe security architectures of the following wireless systems and networks: 802.11, GSM/UMTS, RFID, ad hoc/sensor networks; reason about security protocols for wireless network; implement mechanisms to secure 802.11 networks.
Evaluation:
Oral exam = 80% of the grade
20% exercises and related reports
Detailed content
- Wireless Electronic Warfare
basics (wireless channel equations)
jamming and antijamming
low-probability of intercept signals (LPI)
source localization techniques
Related exercise: cantenna - Security of WiFi networks
802.11 architecture and protocols
(un)authorized access: MAC filtering, WEP, WPA, 802.1X, 802.11i
Selfish behavior in WiFi networks
Related exercises: WiFi security issues - Security of Cellular networks
GSM and UMTS security architectures
Attacks on GSM networks - Security in wireless multi-hop networks
architectures and protocols
naming and addressing
key establishment/management
secure distributed computing
thwarting selfish behavior - Secure RFID systems
readers and tags
security issues: privacy, forgery, sabotage
RFID security protocols - Special (research) topics
wireless device pairing
broadcast authentication
secure localization and time synchronization
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Course Material
Week 1 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 17.3 MB)]
Week 2 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 17.3 MB)] [Download PDF (PPTX, 2 MB)]
Week 3 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 7.6 MB)]
Jamming-resistant Key Establishment using Uncoordinated Frequency Hopping [Download PDF (PDF, 353 KB)]
Anti-jamming Broadcast Communication using Uncoordinated Spread Spectrum Techniques [Download PDF (PDF, 418 KB)]
Week 4 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 13 MB)]
SPREE: a spoofing resistant GPS receiver [Download PDF (PDF, 1.1 MB)]
Week 5 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 7.3 MB)]
Week 6 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 2.2 MB)]
Week 7 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 2.6 MB)]
Week 8 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 4 MB)]
Week 9 Lecture [Download PDF (PDF, 714 KB)]
Lab Exercises
Labs will be organized in separate groups and all will be held in protected page CAB E 87.2. Lab materials will be released progressively throughout the semester.
Lab group assignments: [Download PDF (PDF, 65 KB)]
Lab manual: [Download PDF (PDF, 1.3 MB)]
DSSS code: [Download PDF (ZIP, 3 KB)]
Cantenna project: [Download PDF (PDF, 195 KB)]