Applied Cryptosystems

Catalog description

This course begins with an overview of necessary background in algebra and number theory, private- and public-key cryptosystems, applied cryptography, and basic signature schemes. The course will cover number theory and basic theory of Galois fields used in cryptography history of primality algorithms and the polynomial-time test of primality; discrete logarithm based cryptosystems including those based on elliptic curves interactive protocols, including the role of zero-knowledge proofs in authentication; construction of untraceable electronic cash on the net and quantum cryptography, and one or more of digital watermarking, fingerprinting, and steganography. TSI Restriction(s): Reading, Writing, and Math