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Monday |
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Wednesday |
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Friday |
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8/31 |
Welcome to Cryptography!
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9/2 |
Chapter 1
Modular arithmetic
Prob Set #0 due in class
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| 9/5 |
Labor Day
No class |
9/7 |
Chapter 1
More modular arithmetic
Intro to Mathematica
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9/9 |
Chapter 2
Stream ciphers
Prob Set #1 due @ noon
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| 9/12 |
Chapter 2
One-Time Pads
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9/14 |
Chapter 3
Overview of DES
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9/16 |
Chapter 4
Overview of AES
Prob Set #2 due @ noon
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| 9/19 |
Chapter 4
Intro to finite fields
Prob Set #1 revisions due @ 3:00pm
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9/21 |
Chapter 4
AES byte substitution and diffusion layers
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9/23 |
Chapter 4
AES data stream
Prob Set #3 due @ noon
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| 9/26 |
Chapter 4
AES: putting it all together
| 9/28 |
AES key schedule
Exam 1, Thurs 9/29 @ 5:30 pm
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9/30 |
Chapter 6
Intro to public key cryptography
Prob Set #2 revisions due noon
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| 10/3 |
Chapter 6
Some useful number theory
Prob Set #3 revisions due @ 3:00pm
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10/5 |
Chapter 7
Introduction to RSA
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10/7 |
No class today
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| 10/10 |
Fall Break
No class
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10/12 |
Chapter 7
RSA fast encryption
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10/14 |
Chapter 7
Finishing up RSA
Prob Set #4 due @ noon
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| 10/17 |
Chapter 10
Intro to digital signatures |
10/19 |
Chapter 10
RSA signatures |
10/21 |
Chapter 11
Intro to hash functions
Prob Set #5 due @ noon
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| 10/24 |
Chapter 8
Diffie-Hellman key exchange
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10/26 |
Chapter 8
The discrete log problem
Prob Set #4 revisions due @ 3:00pm
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10/28 |
Chapter 8
Some useful group theory
Prob Set #6 due @ noon
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| 10/31 |
Chapter 8
More group theory
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11/2 |
Chapter 8
Elgamal encryption
Prob Set #5 revisions due @ 3:00pm
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11/4 |
Chapter 8
Generalized discrete log problem
Prob Set #7 due @ noon
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| 11/7 |
Chapter 10
Elgamal signatures
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11/9 |
Chapter 10
Elgamal signatures
Exam 2, Thurs 11/10 @ 5:30 pm
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11/11 |
Chapter 10
Elgamal signatures
Prob Set #6 revisions due @ noon
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| 11/14 |
Chapter 10
Why reusing ephemeral keys is bad
Prob Set #7 revisions due @ 3:00pm
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11/16 |
Chapter 10
The Digital Signature Algorithm
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11/18 |
Overview of Digital Signatures
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| 11/21 |
Chapter 12
Overview of message authentication codes
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11/23 |
Thanksgiving Break
No class
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11/25 |
Thanksgiving Break
No class
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| 11/28 |
Putting it all together: TLS
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11/30 |
Basics of Primality Testing
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12/2 |
Security in WhatsApp and Signal
Prob Set #8 due @ noon
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| 12/5 |
Blockchains and Bitcoin
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12/7 |
Blockchains and Bitcoin
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12/9 |
The BIG Picture
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Final Exam
Tuesday, December 13, 9:00 - 12:00 |
