CSE 40622/60622 Fall 2009: Cryptography and Data Security

General Information

Class Schedule

• TTh 12:30-1:45pm Aug 28 - Dec 11, 2009, at DeBartolo Hall 223
• Final exam TBA

Instructor

• Marina Blanton
• Email: mblanton at cse.nd.edu
• Office: 326B Cushing Hall
• Office hours: TTh 10:30-11:30am or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

• Mehrdad Aliasgari
• Email: maliasga at nd.edu
• Office: 214 Cushing Hall
• Office hours: M 3:00-4:00pm or by appointment

Course Description

• concepts and principles of cryptography;
• classical ciphers;
• symmetric key encryption;
• block ciphers and encryption standards (DES, AES);
• data integrity, hash functions;
• public-key cryptography;
• public-key encryption algorithms (RSA, ElGamal);
• digital signatures (DSA, RSA, ElGamal);
• authentication;
• key exchange protocols and key certification;
• additional topics as time permits (elliptic-curve cryptography, protocols, etc.);

Grading

Textbooks

• Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell, Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2007.

• Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. Oorschot, and Scott A. Vanstone, Handbook of Applied Cryptography, CRC Press, 1996.
• Douglas R. Stinson, Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Third Edition, CRC Press, 2006.
• William Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security, Principles and Practice, Forth (or prior) Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006.

Assignment Policies

• All homeworks must be done individually unless announced otherwise.
• Discussion of homeworks is acceptable until you begin to formulate individual solutions.
• Writing homeworks must be done individually.
• Homeworks will be due in class and must be typed (diagrams can be hand-drawn).
• Each student receives three days that can be used to turn homework assignments in late. Whenever using one or more of these days on an assignment, you must communicate this to the instructor prior to the deadline. Each extra day extends the deadline by 24 hours. Homework then can be submitted by e-mail.
• No late homework beyond the three extra days is accepted.

Academic Integrity

Your instructor will treat you as a professional, and you should plan on conducting yourself in an appropriate way. No behavior that compromises academic honesty (such as use of someone else's work or code, using prohibited materials during tests, or making your work available to others) will be tolerated in this course. If you need assistance with anything, do not hesitate to contact the instructor.

Please refer to ND Academic Code of Honor for more information. Also, the Graduate School's policies are outlined here. It is expected that your work represents your own understanding of the problem. If work of others is used, it must be properly cited. Use of properly cited material is acceptable, but no referencing is treated as claiming the work as your own.

Course Schedule