Cryptography

Catalog description

An introduction to important crypto- graphic concepts and techniques. Topics will include classical cryp - tography (codes, substitution ciphers, transposition ciphers), block and stream ciphers, secret-key ciphers (Feistel, DES, AES), public-key cryptography (RSA, key agreement, signature schemes), hash functions (such as MD6 and SHA-2). Optional topics will include cryptanalysis, steganography and quantum cryptography.