2009 Course Handbook
COMP343: Cryptography and Information Security
This unit provides an introduction to modern public-key cryptography. After a short mathematical introduction and a brief outline of major tasks and problems within modern cryptography, several classical constructions such as RSA, Diffie-Hellman, ElGamal and DSA will be discussed. These constructions are used as 'building blocks' for designing real communication protocols, that is, real-world applications. Various attacks on the above cryptographic constructions, and on protocols based on them, will be discussed.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Computing Staff |
| Prerequisites: | 40cp and (COMP125(P) or COMP165(P)) and MATH237(P) |
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| Unit Designations: | Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Computing |
Timetable Information
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