Crypto - Administrivia

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Crypto - Administrivia

• Prontuario - Please time-share and ask questions
• Info is in my homepage amadeus.uprm.edu/noack/
• Make bookmark for ICOM5995 (crypto)
• Page contains
• Prontuario (including exam and project dates)
• Links to old exams and labs
• Links to text authors page
• Links to current assignments as developed
• Course includes
• Exams and lecture material
• Some problem sets
• Project (described in course page)
• Lab
• In OS/Networking lab if needed
• Individual programs, possibly using java.crypt
  package

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More Administrivia

• Accounts already exist for most students
• Will be automatically created for others
• Please find me by e-mail - noack - or X3652
• Projects
• Info on course page
• Try to form groups soon - three or four people
• Project can be
• Hacking exploit study or countermeasure
• Study and explanation of crypto application for
  example state of present-day browser security

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Course overview

• Overview
• A little history and the scope of crypto and
  data security
• Symmetric Ciphers
• The various modern private-key algorithms
• Public-key Encryption And Hash Functions
• Identifying people at a distance authentication
  of documents
• Network Security Practice
• System Security

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Overview

• Services, Mechanisms, and Attacks
• A Model for Network Security

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Symmetric Ciphers

• Classical Encryption Techniques
• Block Ciphers And The Data Encryption Standard
• Block Cipher Principles
• The Data Encryption Standard and Its Analysis
• Block Cipher Modes of Operation
• Introduction To Finite Fields
• Advanced Encryption Standard
• Contemporary Symmetric Ciphers
• Confidentiality Using Symmetric Encryption

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Public-key Encryption And Hash Functions

• Introduction To Number Theory
• Public-key Cryptography And Rsa
• Key Management Other Public-key Cryptosystems
• Message Authentication And Hash Functions
• Hash Algorithms
• Digital Signatures And Authentication Protocols

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Network Security Practice

• Authentication Applications
• Electronic Mail Security
• IP Securlty
• Web Security

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System Security

• Intruders
• Malicious Software
• Firewalls