Date: 27-28 August

Venue: Institution of Vocational Education, L3 20 Tsing Yi Road, Tsing Yi, N.T.

Organizers:

1. Association for Computing Machinery (Hong Kong Chapter) and
2. Institution of Vocational Education(Tsing Yi).

Sponsors:

1. Data Fellows Ltd.
2. Yue Kee Computing Ltd.
3. Cisco Systems (HK) Ltd.

Course Description:

The adoption of a Virtual Private Network allows a company to conduct E-Business, eg. create new ways of delivering value and service to customers ; connect customers, suppliers and vendors together. It streams business processes to reduce overhead and increase the speed of execution. Most importantly, it's about gaining competitive advantage.

The objective of this course is to:

1. Present the key technologies behind the use of a Virtual Private Network in running E-Business.
2. Provide attendees with the knowledge to setup and run a Virtual Private Network.

The topics include network security, network communication, administration strategies and case study of successful stories.

Who should Attend ?

This course is suitable for network engineers, system administrators and company executives whose companies are using or planning to use a Virtual Private Network to conduct E-Business.

Completion Certificate

A Certificate of Attendance will be presented to each attendee who successfully completes the course.

Registration Fee:

HK$4000/person which includes handouts, two lunches, coffee, refreshment and a certificate of course attendance. (ACM, IEE, IEEE and HKIE members will receive a 20 % discount). Local ACM-HK professional members will enjoy a further 5% discount.

Payment:

Please follow the instructions on the registration form.

Enquiries:

Please contact Dr. S.W.Ng by tel:27666221 or email: enswng@polyu.edu.hk. More information on other courses offered by ACM-HK can also be found at http://www.acm.org.hk/course.htm

Course Outlines

1. E-Business and Network Security
   • The Trend and Development of E-Commerce and E-Business on the Internet.
   • E-Business, Network Security and VPN
2. VPN overview
   • VPN introduction
   • Overview of VPN solution
   • VPN configuration: Remote Access, Branch Office
3. VPN basic I : Encryption and authentication
   • Introduction to Cryptography
     • Basic concepts and terminology
     • Symmetric and asymmetric encryption
     • Data encryption standard (DES), International data encryption algorithm (IDEA), RSA public-key cryptosystem
   • Authentication and data integrity
     • Key exchange
     • Digital certificates
   • Authentication and Key Exchange in VPN
     • Usage in Point-to-Point Tunneling protocol (PPTP)
     • Usage in AltaVista Tunnel
     • Usage in Internet Security Protocol (IPSec)
     • Usage in Private Internet Exchange (PIX)
4. VPN basic II : Tunneling
   • Definition and purpose
   • PPP and tunneling, PPTP, L2F and L2TP
5. VPN basic III : IPSec - Tunnel model and Transport mode
   • Overview
   • Secure communication across the Internet
   • Tunneling Protocols
   • Encryption, authentication, and digital signature
   • Security protocols
   • Authentication Header (AH)
   • Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
   • Security Associations
   • Transport Mode
   • Tunnel Mode
   • Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
6. VPN basic IV : SockV5/SSL
7. VPN administration
   • Security risks, Firewalls and other Counter-measures
   • Administration
   • Testing
8. Case studies of sucessful stories
9. LAB I : Software VPN using VPN+ from DataFellow
10. LAB II : Hardware VPN using VPN routers from Cisco Systems

27 August

28 August