FOUNDATIONS OF CRYPTOGRAPHY
| Title | ΘΕΜΕΛΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΚΡΥΠΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ / FOUNDATIONS OF CRYPTOGRAPHY |
| Code | NGE-06-03 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Informatics |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Konstantinos Draziotis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 40002960 |
Programme of Study: PPS-Tmīma Plīroforikīs (2019-sīmera)
Registered students: 52
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENIKĪ KATEUTHYNSĪ | YPOCΗREŌTIKO KATA EPILOGĪ | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
|
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600155639
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600155639
- At the Website of the School: http://users.auth.gr/drazioti/cource_crypto.htm
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=6449
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- NCO-01-01 MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS I
- NCO-01-03 LINEAR ALGEBRA
- NCO-01-04 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
- NCO-01-05 BASIC PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES
- NCO-02-01 MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS II
- NCO-02-05 THEORY OF COMPUTATION
- NCO-04-03 ALGORITHMS
Learning Outcomes
Cognitive: the cognitive goals of the course are the students to organize the fundamental knowledge of basic cryptography and to obtain new knowledge and get acquainted with new principles of cryptography which are utilized in computer security.
Skills: students understand in depth basic notions of cryptography which are necessary in many procedures, implementations and applications used today.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Α. Introduction to cryptography
Α1. History of Cryptology
Α2. Substitution ciphers
Α3. Transposition ciphers
A4. Vigenere cryptosystem
Β. Symmetrical Cryptography
Β1. One Time Pad
Β2. Perfect Security-Stream ciphers
Β3. DES
Β4. AES
B5. Hash functions
Γ. Public Key cryptography
Γ1. Diffie-Helmann
Γ2. Mathmeatical Bckground
Γ3. RSA Trapdoor Function, Rabin Trapdοor Function,
Γ5. EL Gamal cryptosystem
Γ6. RSA, ElGamal, DSA -- Digital signatures
Γ7. Open PGP (presentation)
Keywords
Symmetric and Public Key Cryptography
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 52 | ✓ | |||
| Laboratory Work | 70 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 25 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Κρυπτογραφία για Ασφάλεια Δικτύων Αρχές και Εφαρμογές, William Stallings
Additional bibliography for study
1. Crypotgraphy an introduction, N.Smart (3rd edition) (online: https://www.cs.umd.edu/~waa/414-F11/IntroToCrypto.pdf)
2. Handobook of Applied Cryptography, Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone (on line : http://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/hac/)
3. Cryptography. An Introduction (Student Mathematical Library , AMS), V.V. Yaschenko
Last Update
12-10-2020
