Date

Reading

Topic

Slides (.ppt)

14-Jan

Stallings, Ch.1

 Overview

Intro.ppt

19-Jan

Stallings, Ch.2

 Conventional Encryption: Classical Techniques

conventional.ppt

26-Jan

Stallings, Ch.3

 Conventional Encryption: Modern Techniques

 

28-Jan

Stallings, Ch.4

Introduction to Finite Fields

 

2-Feb

Stallings, Ch.5

 Conventional Encryption: AES

 

4-Feb

Stallings, Ch.6

Contemporary Symmetric Ciphers

 

9-Feb

Stallings, Ch.7

 Confidentiality Using Conventional Encryption

 

11-Feb

Stallings, Ch.8

 Introduction to Number Theory

 

16-Feb

 

Exam I

 

18-Feb

(continued)

 

23-Feb

Stallings, Ch.9

 Public-Key Cryptography

 

25-Feb

 

Preliminary project presentations

 

2-Mar

Stallings, Ch.10

 Key Management

 

4-Mar

Stallings, Ch.11

Message Authentication and Hash Functions

 

9-Mar

Stallings, Ch.12

 Hash and Mac Algorithms

 

11-Mar

 

 

 

16-Mar

Exam II

 

18-Mar

Stallings, Ch.13

 Digital Signatures and Authentication Protocols

 

23-Mar

Stallings, Ch.14

 Authentication Applications

 

25-Mar

Stallings, Ch.15

 Electronic Mail Security

 

6-Apr

Stallings, Ch.16

 IP Security

 

8-Apr

 

(Continued)

 

15-Apr

Stallings, Ch.17

 Web Security

 

20-Apr

Stallings, Ch.18

 Intruders, Viruses, and Worms

 

22-Apr

 

(Continued)

 

27-Apr

Exam III

 

29-Apr

Stallings, Ch.19

 Firewalls

 

4-May

Schneier

 Cryptanalysis Methods

 

6-May

Schneier, Web

 Legal and Social Issues - Current Legislation

 

11-May

 

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