ITC8240 Cryptography

Course information

Code: ITC8240 Cryptography

ECTS: 6

Assessment: examination

Instructors:

• Ahto Buldas ahto dot buldas at taltech dot ee
• Aleksandr Lenin aleksandr dot lenin at taltech dot ee

Consultation:

Mondays 13:00 - 14:00 SOC-314

Please inform instructors of your attendance by email

Schedule

Lecture: Fri 14:00 - 15:30 SOC-314

Practice: Fri 16:00 - 17:30 SOC-314

Lectures

1. Simple Cryptosystems and Attacks
2. Theory Of Unbreakable Ciphers
3. Attacks Against Classical Ciphers
4. Key Establishment
5. Limited Adversaries
6. RSA Cryptosystem

Exercises

1. Information Theoretic Security
2. Elementary Cryptanalysis
3. Index Of Coincidence
4. Bachmann-Landau Asymptotic Notation
5. Complexity

Assignments

1. Assignment 1. Deadline: March 2nd.
2. March 20 Homework: solve tasks 13, 18, 19 from Complexity problem set. Deadline: March 25.