TDC 568

Network Management

(Special focus on Configuration, Security and Risk-based Management)

Instructor:

Ehab S. Al-Shaer

Loop Office:

711 CS Building

 

 

Loop Phone:

(312) 362 5137

FAX:

(312) 362 6116

Email:

USE the email given in class (NOT in the CS web site)

Course WWW:

http://www.mnlab.cs.depaul.edu/~ehab/courses/

 

Text Books

  • Network Management: A Practical Perspective, Allan Leinwand and Karen Fang Conroy, 2ed edition, 1996 by Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-60999-1
  • Automated Network Management Systems, Douglas Comer, 2ed edition, 1996 by Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-239308-5

Reading List (References)

 

  • Security Metrics, Andrew Jaquith, Addison Wesley
  • Virtual Private Networks, Yuan and Strayer, Addison Wisely
  • SNMP++: An Object-Oriented Approach to Developing Network Management Applications (Bk/CD-ROM), 1/e Peter E. Mellquist, Roseville, California Hewlett-Packard Professional Books Published September, 1997 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional) , ISBN 0-13-264607-2
  • NIST Documentation: http://csrc.nist.gov/sec-cert/risk-framework.html
  • Published Papers

Prerequisites

  • TDC 463 or equivalent course (Programming background is a plus)

Grade Distribution

  • 3 Assignments 45%
  • Exam 20% (October 30)
  • Research Paper Presentation  15%
  • Course Project 20%

Calendar of important dates

(Use dlweb.cs.depaul.edu to check your GRADES)

Course Description

Networks today are high-speed, heterogeneous, large-scale and delivers different media including data, audio and video. How do you effectively manage today’s complex computer networks? This class provides complete yet accessible answers to network managers and researchers in this field. The course covers the basics of network management, alternative architectures, evaluation techniques, network management system components, SNMP and CMIP management protocols and the ISO network management applications: fault management, performance management, configuration management, security management, and accounting management. Special emphasis will be given to configuration management and particularly on managing security devices like firewalls and VPN. We  will also study the risk-based configuration management which is represent the stat-of-the-art in the area of network security management.  The course emphasizes the practical experience of developing network monitoring tools and distributed systems management tools using monitoring tools the SNMP++ and AdventNet wrappers. This requires C++ or Java programming background, and network programming (TDC 561) is a plus. This course also highlights the latest advances in networks and distributed management area and shows case studies of academic and industrial systems such as HiFi, SMARRT, OpenView, NetView and Tivoli.

 

Topics

  1. Introduction to Network Management: terminology, alternative architectures, overview of application areas and examples (L:1, 2)
  2. Traffic Monitoring – reading
  3. Network Management Protocols: SNMP/SNMPv2/v3 and CMIS/CMIP (L:8, 9 & :M2)
  4. Management Information Base and Remote Monitoring (L: 10, 11 & M: 3, 4)
      • RFC 1213 (MIB II), RFC 1573, and RFC 1757 (RMON)
  5. The SNMP++ Framework (M: 5, 6,7, 8,9)
  6. Security and risk-based Management – reading
  7. Fault and Configuration Management – Comer and Reading
  8. Performance and QoS Management
  9. Case Studies and Advanced Topics
    • HiFi (Hierarchical Filtering-based Distributed Systems Management), SMART, Tivoli and OpenView
    • Event Filtering, Event Correlation, Active Network Management
    • Advanced topic in Fault and performance Management
  10. Class Presentation

 

·  LECTURES

·  Network and Distribited Management Resources