CP460
Applied Cryptography
Fall 2026, section A
Topics
- Stream and block ciphers
- DES and AES
- symmetric and public-key encryption
- RSA
- hash functions
- signatures
- authentication
- certificates and public-key infrastructure
- IPSec and TLS
- blockchain.
Readings
- Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners — Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl; Springer, 2010.
- Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach — Wenliang Du; 3rd edition; source gives 2019.
- Lecture slides in MyLearningSpace.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Public syllabus copy ↗Fall 2026, section A
- Both reference textbooks are explicitly optional; older versions allowed. Bibliographic year/edition for the second book is reported as printed in the syllabus.