CMPT423N - Network Virtualization

4 Credit(s)

Non Liberal Arts
This course should give students a background in the basic concepts and future directions in the use of cybersecurity and data communication network virtualization. The student will consider the logical partitioning of networking equipment as governed by industry standards. Various network access and Internet standards related to security virtualization will be covered. The course will emphasize virtual local area networks, virtual wide area networks, and software defined network virtualization. The topics covered will include an analysis of the security related problems and limitations imposed by virtualization software, wireless network virtualization, VNICs, VLANs, VWANs, and higher-level protocols needed to complete the end-user to end-user exchange with appropriate security partitioning.

Prerequisite(s): CMPT 120L, CMPT 220L