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 14:30 - 15:30 SOC-415

Please inform instructors of your attendance by email

Schedule

Lecture: Mon 16:00 - 17:30 U06A-201 Practice slots:

        Wed 10:00 - 11:30 SCI-059, weeks 11 - 15 room SCI-028
        Wed 12:00 - 13:30 ICT-A2
        Wed 14:00 - 15:30 ICT-A2

Announcements

• Math test results are available here.

Lectures

1. Introduction
2. Number Theory
3. Simple Ciphers and Attacks
4. Breaking Imperfect Ciphers
5. Unbreakable Ciphers
6. Key Establishment

Exercises

1. Modular arithmetic
2. Elementary Cryptanalysis
3. Theory of Probability