Cryptography
| Title | Κρυπτογραφία / Cryptography |
| Code | CNSS106 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Informatics |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Konstantinos Draziotis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016162 |
Programme of Study: PMS DIKTYA EPIKOINŌNIŌN KAI ASFALEIA SYSTĪMATŌN (2018 éōs sīmera) PF
Registered students: 9
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asfáleia Systīmátōn | Compulsory Course belonging to the selected specialization (Compulsory Specialization Course) | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600263273
|
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/1/600263273
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=11100
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
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
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work in teams
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Α. Introduction to cryptography
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 Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 35 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 125 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 23 | ✓ | |||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 225 |
Student Assessment
Description
The course has two projects and also the students prepare and present to the audience a topic of their choice.
The assessment is as follows: 50% for the two assignments, 10% for the presentation, and 40% for the final written exam.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Εισαγωγή στην Κρυπτογραφία
Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 112688871
Έκδοση: 1/2022
Συγγραφείς: Δραζιώτης Κωνσταντίνος
ISBN: 978-618-85820-5-7
Τύπος: Ηλεκτρονικό Βιβλίο
Additional bibliography for study
1. Cryptography an introduction, N.Smart (3rd edition) (online: https://www.cs.umd.edu/~waa/414-F11/IntroToCrypto.pdf)
2. Handbook 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
24-02-2025
