18-733 Applied Cryptography

Units: 12.0 Department: Electrical & Comp. Eng. Prerequisites: 18-730 Cross-listed: 14-733 Related URLs: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/ A wide array of communication and data protections employ cryptographic mechanisms. This course explores modern cryptographic (code making) and cryptanalytic (code breaking) techniques in detail. This course emphasizes how cryptographic mechanisms can be effectively used within larger security systems, and the dramatic ways in which cryptographic mechanisms can fall vulnerable to cryptanalysis in deployed systems. Topics covered include cryptographic primitives such as symmetric encryption, public key encryption, digital signatures, and message authentication codes; cryptographic protocols, such as key exchange, remote user authentication, and interactive proofs; cryptanalysis of cryptographic primitives and protocols, such as by side-channel attacks, differential cryptanalysis, or replay attacks; and cryptanalytic techniques on deployed systems, such as memory remanence, timing attacks, and differential power analysis. Prerequisite: Introduction to Computer Security (18-730).

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Spring 2005 times

Sec	Time	Day	Instructor	Location
A	2:30 - 4:20 pm	M	Reiter	SH 125
		W	Reiter	SH 125