Cryptography

Code:

CC442

Acronym:

CC442

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Computer Science

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~rvr/aulas/code/Cripto-13-14/
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Master's Degree in Network and Information Systems Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:CC	15	PE do Mestrado em Ciência de Computadores	1	-	7,5	67	202,5
			2
MI:ERS	15	Plano de Estudos a partir de 2007	4	-	7,5	67	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Cryptography has evolved, in the as decades, from an obscure branch of knowledge used only by military departments and spies to an essential component of digital communication and software writing. With the dematerialisation of a large number of human activities, it is crucial to use cryptography to ensure a large set of properties that are inherent to "real life" activities. This is why cryptography has such an essential role both in internet protocols as in other digital communication systems.


The objective is:
1- Understand the security problem with computer networks as well as security problems in general.
2 - To get acquainted to a sufficient large set of cryptographic protocols such that it is possible to port "real life" activities to the digital realm.
3- The study of cryptographic algorithms and their possible applications.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, the students are expected to: 
1- Choose what protocols and products should be used, both at the role of users and at the role of system or network administrators. 
2- Analyse, modify, choose and implement the necessary protocols to the implementation of a practical solution for a problem. 
3- Implement the cryptographic algorithms studied during the course. 
4- Implement some attacks to some of the algorithms and protocols studied.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Crypographic protocols. Classic Cryptography and Cryptanalysis. Mono-alphabetic and poly-alphabetic substitution cyphers. Transposition cyphers. Electromechanical cyphers: the enigma and Lorentz. Block cypher. Feistel cyphers. DES and AES. Symetric cypher algorithms. Public Key crypto-systems. Random generators. Cryptographic hash functions. Quantum cryptography and cryptanalysis.

Mandatory literature

000074429. ISBN: 978-0-471-11709-4 pbk
000002076. ISBN: 978-3-540-60418-1
000053896. ISBN: 0-8493-8523-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Problems related with the subject of the course are introduced, as well as the known solutions for these problems. After this, students are challenged either to implement some of the algorithms studied in the course in the context of a concrete application, or to perform some attack to a particular application.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grading formula:
Grade of the practical assignments * 0.4 + grade of the final test * 0.6.

Classification improvement

Final exam