Network Security (NFS)

M1 SLM Cyberschool. 2025.

Syllabus

  • Week 1: Network Fundamentals Refresher

  • Week 2: LAN, VLAN, War in the LAN?

  • Week 3: From Bits to Broadcast: IP Unmasked

  • Week 4: SYN City: A TCP/UDP Story

  • Week 5: Have you heard of VPNs?

  • Week 6: IP Shortage? NAT on my watch

  • Week 7: Cache me if you can: DNS Resolution

  • Week 8: ACLs: Our list of Allies grows thin

  • Week 9: Firewall of Udûn: You shall not pass

  • Week 10: Introduction to security and cryptography: TLS

  • Week 11: Knowing and Taking the Path: Border Gateway Protocol

Other resources

TDs
  • Packet Analysis, ARP, CAM
  • Mask, Routing, and Crypto
  • RIPE, ASN, and Prefixes
TPs
  • Wireshark Lab
  • VLAN Lab
  • UDP/TCP Lab
  • Hijacking and Wireguard Lab
  • NAT and PAT Lab
  • Firewalling and Bypass
  • Introduction to IPS
Bonus
  • Cisco Cheatsheet

Acknowledgement and Resources

  • Computer Networking: A Top-down Approach by James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross.
  • Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach (Computer & Internet Security) 3rd ed. by Wenliang Du.
  • External materials from Mathieu Goessens.
  • External materials from Mohamed Sabt.