Cryptography Fundamentals

Date: 15 Feb 2021
Location: Tutorial
Venue: Online

Synopsis

• The objective of this tutorial is to introduce cryptographic concepts by explaining various hash functions, encryption algorithms and digital signatures and how to utilise cryptography to enhance security.

Target Audience

• Engineers, Network Managers and Operators, and Security policy makers who are interested in network security and want to gain an understanding of how to utilise cryptography.

Pre-requisites

It is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of:

• network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP.
• Basic Linux command line (CLI) skills.

We recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:

• Network security fundamentals: https://academy.apnic.net/en/webinar-courses/network-security-fundamentals/

Tutorial topics

• Introduction to Cryptography
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Resource PKI
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and IP security (IPSec)

Other requirements

• Participants are advised to bring their own laptop computers with high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11a/g/n/ac) and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that laptops have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
• Software: SSH Client, Telnet Client, VirtualBox/VMware
• Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure? Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example from the CLI type: ssh rviews@route-views.routeviews.org

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• Instructors: Muhammad Yasir Shamim (APNIC), Poorna Wickremasinghe (APNIC Community Trainer)