Lecture plan

Date

Topic

Preparations

24/08

Lectures: Classical cryptography

[Tra2006]: Chapter 1, 2 and 15

31/08

Lectures: Stream ciphers - part 1

Exercises: Exercises: Stream Ciphers

[Tra2006]: Chapter 2 and 3

[Men1997]: Chapter 5 and 6

07/09

Lectures: Stream Ciphers - part 2

Exercises:Exercises - Stream ciphers - part 1

Exercises - Stream ciphers - part 2

[Tra2006]: Chapter 2 and 3

[Men1997]: Chapter 5 and 6

14/09

Lectures: Block ciphers - part 1

Exercises: Exercises - block ciphers

[Tra2006]: Chapters 4 and 5

21/09

Lectures: Block ciphers - part 2

Exercises: Block Ciphers

[Tra2006]: Chapters 4 and 5

28/09

Lectures: Public key systems - part 1

Exercises: Public key systems

[Tra2006]: Chapter 6

04/10

Exercises:Stream and block ciphers - Additional

12/10

Midterm Exam

19/10

Lectures: Public key systems - part 1 (cont)

[Tra2006]: Chapters 3.1 - 3.6 and 6.1 - 6.4

26/10

Exercises: Exercises - public key, part 1

[Tra2006]: Chapters 3.1 - 3.6 and 6.1 - 6.4

02/11

Lectures: Public key systems - part 2 (updated)

[Tra2006]: Chapter 6

09/11

Lectures: Public key systems, elliptic curve systems. Hash functions and signature algorithms

Exercises: Exercises - public key, part 2 , Solutions - public key, part 2

[Tra2006]: Chapters 7, 8, 9, 16

16/11

Lectures: Introduction to cryptanalysis - part 1

Exercises: Introduction to cryptanalysis

23/11

Lectures: Introduction to cryptanalysis - part 2

Exercises: Introduction to cryptanalysis

30/11

14/12

Exam