Cryptography

7.5 credits

Syllabus, Master's level, 1DT026

This course has been discontinued.

Code: 1DT026
Education cycle: Second cycle
Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Computer Science A1N
Grading system: Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail (U)
Finalised by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 3 November 2008
Responsible department: Department of Information Technology

Entry requirements

At least 120 credits, including Discrete math and Algorithms and data structures or the equivalent.

The student shall after the course be able to

* account for the cryptographic theories, principles and techniques that are used to establish security properties,

* analyse and use methods for cryptography,

* reflect about limits and applicability of methods based on regulations and ethical considerations.

Theory and practice for:

- Classical ciphers. Block and stream ciphers.

-- Affine ciphers, DES, AES, and LFSR

- Enthophy and unicity distance

-- parts of Shannon

- Methods for message authenticity

-- Hash functions with and without key

- Public key ciphers

-- RSA, ElGamal, semantic security

Lectures, labs and guest lectures

The theoretical part encompass 4.5 credits and is examined with an exam and the practical part encompass 3 credits and is examined with assignments.

No reading list found.