Classes: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9;20-11:10 hrs
References:
1) A Graduate Text in Applied Cryptography, Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup [BS]
2)Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Douglas R. Stinson [DRS]
3) Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell [JKYL]
Grading: End Term: 50, Mid Term: 30, Assignments/ClassTest:20
Class 01 (Jul 21): Introduction: Confidentiality and Integrity. Adversarial goals and resources.
Class 02 (Jul 23): Classical Ciphers and their cryptanalysis: Shift Cipher, Affine Cipher, Substitution Cipher, Vigenere Cipher, Permutation Cipher [read DRS, Chapter 1]
Class 03 (Jul 28): Perfect Secrecy and Shanon's Theorem [ read Chapter 2 of BS]