Cryptography

Catalog description

This course covers cryptographic methods ranging from classical to modern ciphers and their cryptanalysis. Topics include classical cryptography, modular arithmetic and number theory concepts relevant to cryptography, modern block and stream ciphers, public key cryptography, hash functions, digital signatures, secret sharing, and steganography. Prerequisite(s): grade of C or better in both I CSI 210, and I CSI 333 or I ECE 233 (formerly I ECE 333).