252-0407-00L Cryptography Foundations
Semester | Spring Semester 2018 |
Lecturers | U. Maurer |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Abstract | Fundamentals and applications of cryptography. Cryptography as a mathematical discipline: reductions, constructive cryptography paradigm, security proofs. The discussed primitives include cryptographic functions, pseudo-randomness, symmetric encryption and authentication, public-key encryption, key agreement, and digital signature schemes. Selected cryptanalytic techniques. |
Learning objective | The goals are: (1) understand the basic theoretical concepts and scientific thinking in cryptography; (2) understand and apply some core cryptographic techniques and security proof methods; (3) be prepared and motivated to access the scientific literature and attend specialized courses in cryptography. |
Content | See course description. |
Lecture notes | yes. |
Prerequisites / Notice | Familiarity with the basic cryptographic concepts as treated for example in the course "Information Security" is required but can in principle also be acquired in parallel to attending the course. |