Math 202 Cryptography, Fall 2018

• Tentative Daily Syllabus
• Course Policies
• My Daily Schedule
  
  
• Wheaton onCourse
• The Wheaton Honor Code
• Files displayed during class

• Problem Sets
• Guidelines for Problem Sets

• Instructions for installing Mathematica on your personal computer.
• Wolfram's Help & Learning Resources for Wolfram Products has a lot of good information on using Mathematica.
• You might find the Hands-on Start to Mathematica screencasts particularly useful.
• Instructions for installing Wheaton's vpn client so that you can run Mathematica off campus

• The errata list for the text
  A text file of ciphertexts for some of the homework problems from the text

• A simple AES calculator
  AES in 3 minutes
  AES in stick figures

• Some other references
• Diffie-Hellman mod p parameters recommended by the Internet Engineering Task Force
• General WhatsApp Security page and the technical whitepaper giving more details
• Documention on the Signal protocol used by the Signal messaging app
• Some blockchain references
• Blockchain for noobs: A definitive guide
• How Bitcoin Works Under the Hood
• What is Ethereum?
• Things blockchain is supposed to revolutionize from Slate, updated periodically
• NISTIR 8202 Blockchain Technology Overview from the National Institute of Standards and Technology

• A few classic xkcd strips on cryptography
  Security
  Legal Hacks
  Cryptography
  Password Strength
  Voting Software