ITC8240 Cryptography

Course information

Code: ITC8240 Cryptography

ECTS: 6

Assessment: examination

Schedule

Lecture: Tue 12:00 - 13:30 @U06A-201

Exercise:

 *  Wed 17:45 - 19:15 @SOC-417
 *  Wed 19:30 - 21:00 @SOC-417
 *  Fri 14:00 - 15:30 @ICT-A1

Announcements

06.09.2018 Math test results are available here.

19.10.2018 Practice lessons on November 7th (IVCM 11,12) and 9th (IAPM 11,12) are cancelled.

Lectures

1. Simple Ciphers and Attacks and Elementary Number Theory

2. Application Problems and Protocol Issues

3. Theory of Unbreakable Ciphers

4. Breaking Imperfect Ciphers

5. Key Establishment

Exercises

Weeks 2,3: Modular Projection

• Exercises and Solution
• Proofs of relevant theorems.

Week 4: Theory of Unbreakable Ciphers

• Theory of Probability (notes)
• Probabilistic Cipher Model (notes)

Weeks 5,6: Breaking historical ciphers

• Exercises part1 and Solution
• Exercises part2 and Solution

Week 7: Key establishment protocols

• Homework Due date: Mon, Nov 5th
• Exercises

Week 8: Groups

• Exercises