B.E. (Computer Engineering) Cryptography and System Security Lab Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Cryptography & System Security Lab
Module 1: Design and Implementation of a product cipher using Substitution and Transposition ciphers.
Module 2: Implementation and analysis of RSA crypto system.
Module 3: Implementation of Diffie Hellman Key exchange algorithm
Module 4
- For varying message sizes, test integrity of message using MD-5, SHA-1, and analyse the performance of the two protocols. Use crypt APIs.
Module 5
- Study the use of network reconnaissance tools like WHOIS, dig, traceroute, ns lookup to gather information about networks and domain registrars.
Module 6: Study of packet sniffer tools: wireshark,:
- 1 Download and install wireshark and capture icmp, tcp, and http packets in promiscuous mode.
- 2 Explore how the packets can be traced based on different filters.
Module 7
- Download and install nmap. Use it with different options to scan open ports, perform OS fingerprinting, do a ping scan, tcp port scan, udp port scan, xmas scan etc.
Module 8
- Detect ARP spoofing using nmap and/or open-source tool ARPWATCH and wireshark. Use arping tool to generate gratuitous arps and monitor using wireshark
Module 9: Simulate DOS attack using Hping, hping3 and other tools
Module 10: Simulate buffer overflow attack using Ollydbg, Splint, Cpp check etc
Module 11
- a. Set up IPSEC under LINUX.
- B Set up Snort and study the logs.
Module 12: Setting up personal Firewall using iptables
Module 13: Explore the GPG tool of linux to implement email security
Module 14: SQL injection attack, Cross-Cite Scripting attack simulation
Module 15: Case Study /Seminar: Topic beyond syllabus related to topics covered.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Computer Engineering) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2021-22. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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