CRYPTOGRAPHY AND NETWORK SECURITY

Catalog description

This course covers the fundamental cryptographic algorithms and security protocols for computer networks. Topics include security attacks and security services, classical ciphers, modern block and stream ciphers, public key cryptography, digital signatures, key management and distribution, authentication, and security network protocols. The class involves a significant amount of programming projects and assignments about cipher algorithms and security protocols. PREREQ: ( COMPSCI 223 OR COMPSCI 230 ) AND COMPSCI 271 AND ( COMPSCI 215 OR MATH 280 )