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CS402: Cryptography
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
This course develops basic concepts in private and public key cryptosystems, explores some of the associated algorithmic number theory, and introduces more advanced topics such as the use of elliptic curves in cryptography.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Apply substitution ciphers and understand their weaknesses.
- Encrypt and decrypt messages using RSA.
- Describe and apply algorithms for primality testing and integer factorisation and indicate their relevance to RSA.
- Understand the discrete logarithm problem and apply the Diffie-Hellman key exchange and ElGamal cryptosystem.
- Define elliptic curves, compute their groups of points, and explain their use in public key cryptography
Assessments
- Written Assessment (70%)
- Continuous Assessment (30%)
Teachers
- COLLETTE MCLOUGHLIN:
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- Tobias Rossmann:
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Reading List
- "A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography" by Neal Koblitz
Publisher: Springer - "Understanding Cryptography" by C. Paar, J. Pelzl
Publisher: Springer - "Cryptography: An Introduction" by N. Smart
Publisher: McGraw-Hill - "Cryptography: Theory and Practice" by D.R. Stinson, M. Paterson
Publisher: CRC Press
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.