| ————————————————— FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS ————————————————— | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sep 07 | Cryptography in the Computer Security Context | |
| Sep 12, 14 | Introduction to Cryptography and the Affine Cipher (Ch 1, Sec 2.1-2.2, TLA#1) | |
| Sep 19, 21 | Vigenère, Hill, OTP, and RNG (Rest of Ch 2 excluding 2.5-2.6 and 2.11-2.12) | |
| SYMMETRIC CRYPTOSYSTEMS | ||
| Sep 26, 28 | Properties of Modern Symmetric Ciphers (Ch 4) | |
| Oct 03, 05 | <hi>Cryptography Lab #1 on Monday in CSEB 1006</hi>, DES (Ch 4, TLA#2) | |
| Oct 17, 19 | <hi>Cryptography Lab #2 on Monday in CSEB 1006</hi>, JCE on Wed | |
| ASYMMETRIC CRYPTOSYSTEMS | ||
| Oct 24, 26 | <hi>Programming Test on Monday in CSEB 1006</hi>, Written Test in class on Wednesday | |
| Oct 31, 2 | RSA (Sec 3.1.1-3.3.1, 3.5-3.6, 6.1. TLA#3) | |
| Nov 07, 09 | RSA (Sec 3.4, 6.1, 6.3 (to page 180), 6.5-6.7) | |
| Nov 14, 16 | Hash Functions & Digital Signature (Chapters 8 and 9 but skim through 8.3 and skip 8.5-8.6) | |
| CRYPTOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS | ||
| Nov 21, 23 | <hi>Cryptography Lab #3 on Monday in CSEB 1006</hi>, Discrete Log and the DSA | |
| Nov 28, 30 | <hi>Cryptography Lab #4 on Monday in CSEB 1006</hi>, Security Protocols (10.2, 10.4-5, 10.7) | |
| Dec 05 | <hi>Review</hi> | |
| Dec 13 | Written Test#2 at 2:00 pm in CSE B, <hi>Programming Test#2 at 4:00 pm in CSEB 1006</hi> | |
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