csci 4|6331 (crypto)

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Course Description (+)

Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. This course explains the inner workings of cryptographic primitives such as encryption, digital signatures and cryptographic hashing and how to correctly use them.

Textbook. Introduction to Modern Cryptography by J. Katz and Y. Lindell.
optional Handbook of Applied Cryptography by A. Menezes, P. Van Oorschot, S. Vanstone.

Prerequsites. This course requires some knowledge of discrete math, probability and algorithms (more)

Course Load (Tentative). Five homework/programming assignments (Python), two short quizzes (Mar 5 and Apr 2), final project/presentation.

Homework. #1 (due 1/29) · #2 (due 2/12) · #3 (due 2/26) · #4 (due 3/26) · #5 (due 4/23)
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Handouts.

• Introduction: Lecture 1
• Stream ciphers/PRG: Lecture 2 | Lecture 3 |
• Block ciphers/PRF: Lecture 4 | Lecture 5 | Ex 3
• Message Integrity: Lecture 6 | Lecture 7 |
• Key Agreement: Lecture 8
• Public Key Encryption: Lecture 9 | Lecture 10

Announcements.

• Apr 9: Rate the presentations for week #1 here by Thurs Apr 11.
• Apr 16: Rate the presentations for week #2 here by Thurs Apr 18. Reminder: Homework 5 due next week!
• Apr 22: Submit project homework question+solution as a pdf file via email by Apr 30 (Tues).
• Apr 23: Rate the presentations for week #3 here by Thurs Apr 25.