CSCI 6130 - Data Encrypt/Cryptology

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University of New Orleans

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Prerequisites: CSCI 4101 and MATH 2511 or consent of instructor. A study of the methods used in data encryption and related cryptologic problems. The history of early cryptography, including the Caesar shift, Vigenere table, Playfair square, and Enigma machines. Modern cryptographic problems, including the Data Encryption Standard, the key management problem, the public-key encryption, knapsack methods, number-theoretic methods, and the Rivest- Shamir-Adelman public-key cryptosystem, digital signature, the Digital Signature Standard, and cryptanalysis of knapsacks. Other cryptologic problems, including threshold schemes, zero-knowledge protocols, mental poker, and implementations on uniprocessor machines, networks, and parallel machines.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uno.edu

Phone Number:

(504) 280-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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