Crypto and Number Theory

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[Overview] ... of basic crypto, in succinct form. [ updated 13:27, 26 Mar 07]
[Index] to second-printing of crypto book.

(No, I will not be teaching Crypto in 2005-06...)

Fall '03 overheads


Quiz solutions: s01.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s02.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s03.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s04.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s05.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s06.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s07.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s08.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s09.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s10.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04] ... s11.pdf [ updated 14:52, 17 May 04]


Miscellaneous overheads:

This course uses my book developed for this course. ... [ errata, first hardcover printing ] ... [ errata, second hardcover printing ] ... [ further errata in local softcover text "Crypto" ]

Snippets of code for basic number-theoretic algorithms . A little interactive stuff , including some small computational assists in lieu of other computing resources.

Introduction to cryptology, number-theory, algebra, and algorithms. Protocols. Symmetric versus asymmetric systems. Stream, block ciphers. One-way functions, signatures. Key management issues. DES, AES (Rijndael). (Pseudo-) random number generation. Permutation groups, primes, Euclidean algorithm, finite fields, quadratic reciprocity. Discrete logs, RSA, pseudoprimes, rho method. Elliptic curve methods. Quadratic sieve....

Supplementary references/sources/links .


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