SEC 340 - Codes, Codemakers and Codebreakers- A Beginning Class for Cryptography

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

NETWORKING AND SECURITY

Description:

Prerequisites: SEC 200 or permission of instructorThis course is a historical introduction to the evolution ofcryptography intended for a general audience. Introduction totechnical terms and foundations of cryptography is accompanied bystory-telling from the cipher of Mary Queen of Scots, to Vigenerecipher, then to cracking the enigma of WWI, then to Lorenz cipherand Colossus during WWII, till the potential Quantum cryptography.We follow the development of codes and code-breaking from militaryespionage in ancient Greece to deciphering hieroglyphics via theRosetta stone to modern computer ciphers. Frequency analysis, onetime-pad security, and public key cryptography will be introduced inthis course.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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