Preparation for Exam

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Preparation for Exam

• Planning for 90 minute exam with some lecture on
  new topics as well
• Open book / notes. BRING TEXTBOOK
• Ch. 2, classical basic encryption ideas
• Ch. 3, Block ciphers and DES
• Ch. 4, math that supports AES and public-key
• Ch. 5, AES

2
Preparation for Exam

• Buffer overflow
• Theory of operation
• Safe programming
• Automated techniques for resisting
• Ch. 6 Other ciphers and chaining modes
• Ch. 7
• cipher placement considerations link vs
  end-to-end
• the Needham-Schroeder key distribution scheme
• random number generation techniques

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Preparation for exam

• Ch. 8, math that supports public-key
• Ch. 9
• Fundamentals of public-key crypto
• The RSA cryptosystem
• More how it works than why it works
• Concepts from homeworks and project
• No lock-breaking