Advanced Cryptography

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: EECS 376 ; No OP/F; or graduate standing. Minimum grade requirement of “B+” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) A rigorous introduction to the design of cryptosystems and to cryptanalysis. Topics include cryptanalysis of classical cryptosystems; theoretical analysis of one-way functions; DES and differential cryptanalysis; the RSA cryptosystem; ElGamal, elliptic, hyperelliptic and hidden mononomial cryptosystems; attacks on signature schemes, identification schemes and authentication codes; secret sharing; and zero knowledge.