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Lectures - CSCI 531, Spring 2017

 
Lecture Slides
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  • (May 5, 2017) - final exam (firm)
 
Tentative Slides
The following are tentative slides (in PDF format) for this semester.
 
Rough Schedule (subject to change without notice)

Week # Dates Topics Comments
1 1/11,1/13 administrative, introduction (Ch 1), overview of cryptography (HAC Ch 1)  
2 1/18
1/20
(MLK Day holiday)
overview of cryptography (HAC Ch 1)
 
3 1/25,1/27 overview of cryptography (HAC Ch 1) (HW1 due on Friday)
4 2/1,2/3 block ciphers (HAC Ch 7)  
5 2/8,2/10 block ciphers (HAC Ch 7) (HW2 due on Friday)
6 2/15
2/17
(Presidents' Day holiday)
math Background for AES (HAC Ch 2)
 
7 2/22,2/24 AES (FIPS publication 197) (HW3 due on Friday)
8 2/29,3/2 public-key parameters (HAC Ch 4)  
9 3/7
3/9
midterm exam
number-theoretic reference problems and public-key encryption (HAC Ch 3, 8)
(HW4 due on Friday)
- 3/14,3/16 (spring break)  
10 3/21,3/23 pseudorandom generators and stream ciphers (HAC Ch 5, 6)  
11 3/28,3/30 hash functions and digital signatures (HAC Ch 9, 11) (HW5 due on Friday)
12 4/4,4/6 authentication & key management (HAC Ch 10, 12, 13)  
13 4/11,4/13 basic cryptographic protocols (AC Ch 3) (HW6 due on Friday)
14 4/18,4/20 intermediate cryptographic protocols (AC Ch 4)  
15 4/25,4/27 advanced and esoteric cryptographic protocols (AC Ch 5, 6) (HW7 due on Friday)
 

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