COSC 614 - Cryptology and Cryptography

This course explores modern cryptographic (code making) and cryptanalytic (code breaking) techniques in detail. Topics covered include cryptographic primitives such as symmetric encryption, public key encryption, digital signatures, and message authentication codes, cryptographic protocols, such as key exchange, remote user authentication, side-channel attacks, replay attacks, power analysis, and quantum cryptography.

Offered (FALL or SPRING)