| TSIT70 | Cryptology, 4,5 ECTS credits. /Kryptoteknik/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 34 |
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Area of Education: Technology Subject area: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): D
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| Aim: After taking this course the student should be able to make a reasonable assessment of given cryptographic systems and choose a good solution for situations where cryptographic techniques can help. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Algebra and statistics Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course consists of lectures, problem solving sessions and two laboratory assignments. |
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| Course contents: Cryptography as a tool for information security, history and principles. Theoretic foundations. Perfect systems and randomness. Stream ciphers. Pseudorandom sequences and their connection to the theory for linear and non-linear feedback shift registers.Principles for and examples of symmetric block ciphers. Public key encryption and public key distribution.Crypto based checksums and digital signatures. Protocols and algorithms for specific applications. |
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| Course literature: Trappe, Washington: "Introduction to Cryptography with Coding Theory", Prentice Hall 2002 Course notes and instructions for the laboratory assignments |
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| A written examination Laboratory assignment |
2,5 p 0,5 p |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: ISY. Director of Studies: Lasse Alfredsson Examiner: Viiveke Fåk Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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