ITC8240 Cryptography

Course information

Code: ITC8240 Cryptography

ECTS: 6

Assessment: examination

Lecturers/Instructors:

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

Announcements

• Mathematics test results: MathTestResults_2020_Fall.pdf.

Lectures: Every Thursday 16:15-17:45 in ICO-316 or remotely, as listed below:

• Sep 3: ICO-316. Introduction # Introduction to the course.pdf
• Sep 10: Remotely. Simple ciphers and attacks # Simple ciphers and attacks.pdf # Elementary number theory.pdf
• Sep 17: Remotely. Attacks against classical ciphers # Attacks against classical ciphers.pdf
• Sep 24: Remotely. Attacks against classical ciphers.
• Oct 1: Remotely. Theory of unbreakable ciphers. # unbreakable-ciphers.pdf
• Oct 8: Remotely. Theory of unbreakable ciphers (continues).
• Oct 15: Remotely. Key Establishment.
• Oct 22: Remotely. Limited Adversaries I.
• Oct 29: Remotely. Limited Adversaries II.
• Nov 5: Remotely RSA Cryptosystem.
• Nov 12: Remotely RSA Cryptosystem II. Slides and lecture video available in Moodle.
• Nov 19: Remotely RSA Implementation Failures. Slides available in Moodle. Lecture video available in Moodle.
• Nov 26: Non-interactive mode Signatures and Hash Functions. Slides available in Moodle. Lecture video will be available in Moodle by Monday Dec 7.
• Dec 3: Non-interactive mode Signatures and Hash Functions. Slides available in Moodle. Lecture video will be available in Moodle by Monday Dec 7.
• Dec 10: Non-interactive mode Identification and Zero Knowledge. Slides and lecture video will be available in Moodle by Monday Dec 14.
• Dec 17: Non-interactive mode Quantum Computation and Post-Quantum Cryptography. Slides and lecture video will be available in Moodle by Monday Dec 14.

Tests during examination session:

• January 7: 09:00 - 14:00 EST
• January 14: 09:00 - 14:00 EST

You will see a new section in the bottom of the course page containing the tests. The tests will be released for public access at 09:00 EST and the submissions will be accepted until 14:00 EST. Both tests, test1 and test2 will be published simultaneously. The students have a possibility to re-take test1, test2, or both.

Course materials:

• Moodle page: https://moodle.taltech.ee/course/view.php?id=30639
• Student enrollment key: ITC8240_2020_FALL