Cryptography & Network Security (CNS) AKTU syllabus – unit-wise topics
The complete Cryptography & Network Security syllabus for AKTU, unit by unit. Next to each topic you can see how often it has appeared in past papers, so you know where the marks are.
Unit 1: Security Foundations, Classical Encryption and Modern Block Ciphers
- Security Attacks – asked 5 times
- Security Services – asked 4 times
- Security Mechanisms – asked 1 times
- Classical Encryption Techniques – asked 10 times
- Cryptanalysis – asked 3 times
- Steganography – asked 2 times
- Stream and Block Ciphers – asked 4 times
- Block Cipher Principles
- Shannon Confusion and Diffusion – asked 4 times
- Feistel Structure – asked 1 times
- Data Encryption Standard (DES) – asked 8 times
- Differential Cryptanalysis
- Block Cipher Modes of Operation – asked 6 times
- Triple DES – asked 1 times
Unit 2: Mathematical Foundations, AES and Public Key Cryptography
- Groups
- Fields
- Finite Fields GF(p)
- Modular Arithmetic – asked 2 times
- Prime and Relatively Prime Numbers – asked 1 times
- Extended Euclidean Algorithm – asked 9 times
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) – asked 7 times
- Fermat Theorem – asked 4 times
- Euler Theorem – asked 7 times
- Primality Testing – asked 4 times
- Chinese Remainder Theorem – asked 8 times
- Discrete Logarithmic Problem
- Principles of Public Key Cryptosystems – asked 3 times
- RSA Algorithm – asked 6 times
Unit 3: Message Authentication, Hash Functions and Digital Signatures
- Authentication Requirements
- Authentication Functions
- Message Authentication Codes – asked 6 times
- Hash Functions – asked 6 times
- Birthday Attacks – asked 5 times
- Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) – asked 10 times
- Digital Signatures – asked 8 times
- ElGamal Digital Signature Techniques – asked 2 times
- Digital Signature Standards (DSS) – asked 2 times
- Proof of Digital Signature Algorithm – asked 1 times
Unit 4: Key Distribution, Authentication Applications and Email Security
- Symmetric Key Distribution – asked 1 times
- Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange – asked 7 times
- Public Key Distribution
- X.509 Certificates – asked 8 times
- Public Key Infrastructure – asked 3 times
- Kerberos – asked 10 times
- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) – asked 8 times
- S/MIME – asked 4 times
Unit 5: IP Security, Secure Transactions and System Security
- IP Security – asked 11 times
- Secure Socket Layer – asked 5 times
- Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) – asked 6 times
- Intrusion
- Intrusion Detection – asked 7 times
- Viruses and Related Threats – asked 4 times
- Firewalls – asked 2 times