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COMS W4261

INTRO TO CRYPTOGRAPHY

3.00 points · University catalogue

Lect: 2.5. An introduction to modern cryptography, focusing on the complexity-theoretic foundations of secure computation and communication in adversarial environments; a rigorous approach, based on precise definitions and provably secure protocols. Topics include private and public key encryption schemes, digital signatures, authentication, pseudorandom generators and functions, one-way functions, trapdoor functions, number theory and computational hardness, identification and zero knowledge protocols

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Prerequisites: COMS W3261 OR CSOR W4231 ; Comfort with basic discrete math and probability. Recommended: COMS W3261 or CSOR W4231 .

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