ECE 646 (formerly 543) Cryptography and Computer Network Security

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ECE 646 - Cryptography and Computer Network Security
Prof. Kris Gaj

ECE 646 (formerly 543) Cryptography and Computer Network Security (3:3:0). Prerequisites: ECE 542 or permission of instructor. Topics covered include need for security services in computer networks, basic concepts of cryptology, historical ciphers, modern symmetric ciphers (DES, IDEA, RC5), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), public key cryptography (RSA, elliptic curve cryptosystem), efficient hardware and software implementations of cryptographic primitives, requirements for implementation of cryptographic modules, data integrity and authentication, digital signature schemes, key exchange and key management, standard protocols for secure mail, www and electronic payments, security aspects of mobile communications, key escrow schemes, zero-knowledge identification schemes, Smart cards and PCMCIA cards, quantum cryptography, and quantum computing.

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ECE 646 - Cryptography and Computer Network Security Prof. Kris Gaj

ECE 646 - Cryptography and Computer Network Security
Prof. Kris Gaj