Daily Syllabus, Math 202 Cryptography, Fall 2020
Be sure to check back, because this will be updated during the semester.
- All chapter references are to the text Understanding Cryptography by Paar and Pelzl.
- PCA due refers to Pre-Class Assignments submitted through onCourse
- PS due refers to Problem Sets uploaded to onCourse
- JB due refers to in-class group work posted to your tutorial's Jamboard
- Links for all Zoom meetings are posted to onCourse
- Check onCourse to find your Tutorial Group for the week. The meeting times for the tutorials are
- Tutorial Group A (Zoom): Mon 1:10 - 1:50
- Tutorial Group B (SC 1314): Wed 12:30 - 1:10
- Tutorial Group C (SC 1314): Wed 1:10 - 1:50
| Topic(s) for the Week | Sunday |
Monday 12:30 - 2:00 |
Wednesday 12:30 - 2:00 |
Thursday |
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| Welcome to Crypto!
Chapter 1 Modular arithmetic and affine ciphers |
8/23 | 1 minute Quiz, Flipgrid Introduction (optional) in onCourse, Echo360 videos | 8/24 |
All students, Zoom
Bio questionnaire in onCourse due |
8/26 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C |
8/27 | JB due @ midnight |
| Chapter 2 One-time pads | 8/30 | PCA due @ midnight | 8/31 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
9/2 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C PS #1 due @ midnight |
9/3 | JB due @ midnight |
| Chapter 4 AES and finite fields | 9/6 | PCA due @ midnight | 9/7 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
9/9 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C PS #2 due @ midnight |
9/10 | JB due @ midnight |
| AES Data path and key path | 9/13 | PCA due @ midnight | 9/14 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
9/16 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C PS #3 due @ midnight |
9/17 | JB due @ midnight |
| Chapter 7 Public key cryptography and RSA | 9/20 | PCA due @ midnight | 9/21 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
9/23 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C PS #4 due @ midnight |
9/24 | JB due @ midnight |
| Chapter 7 RSA and the Euclidean algorithm | 9/27 | PCA due @ midnight | 9/28 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A Cheat Sheet for Exam 1 due @ midnight Exam 1 available at 8:00 am Tuesday |
9/30 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C |
10/1 | Exam 1 due @ midnight |
| Chapter 7 Finishing up RSA
Chapter 10 RSA digital signatures |
10/4 | PCA due @ midnight
JB due @ midnight |
10/5 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
10/7 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C |
10/8 | JB due @ midnight |
| Chapter 8 Diffie-Hellman key exchange
Chapter 11 Hash functions |
10/11 | PCA due @ midnight | 10/12 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
10/14 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C PS #5 due @ midnight |
10/15 | JB due @ midnight |
| Chapter 8 The discrete log problem | 10/18 | PCA due @ midnight | 10/19 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
10/21 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C |
10/22 | JB due @ midnight
PS #6 due Fri 10/23 @ midnight |
| Chapter 8 Elgamal encryption and digital signatures | 10/25 | PCA due @ midnight | 10/26 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A Cheat Sheet for Exam 2 due @ midnight Exam 2 available at 8:00 am Tuesday |
10/28 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C |
10/29 | Exam 2 due @ midnight |
| Chapter 10 DSA & MACs | 11/1 | PCA due @ midnight
JB due @ midnight |
11/2 | All students, Zoom Tutorial Group A |
11/4 |
Tutorial Group B Tutorial Group C |
11/5 | JB due @ midnight |
| Chapter 13 M-I-T-M Attacks & TLS | 11/8 | 11/9 | All students, Zoom We're all Tutorial Group A now |
11/11 | Open office hours | 11/12 | JB due @ midnight | |
| Blockchain and Bitcoin | 11/15 | PCA due @ midnight | 11/16 | All students, Zoom We're all Tutorial Group A now |
11/18 | Open office hours | 11/19 | JB due @ midnight
PS #7 due Fri 10/23 @ midnight |
| The Big Picture | 11/22 | 11/23 | All students, Zoom | 11/25 | Thanksgiving Break | 11/26 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| 11/29 | 11/30 | Finals Period | 12/2 | Finals Period | 12/3 | Finals Period
Exam 3 due @ midnight |