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Seminar block cipher cryptanalysis

Corresponding entry in Aachen Campus, Bonn Basis.

Lecture

Prof. Dr. Joachim von zur Gathen, Yona Raekow

Time & Place

First meeting: Monday, 04 April 2011, 1630, b-it 2.1.

It is necessary to register for the seminar. In order to do so, please write an email to Yona Raekow containing the keyword "Seminar Block Cipher Cryptanalysis" in the subject.

The seminar can accomodate up to eleven students. The slots will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.

Allocation

2 SWS, 4 credits

Credit Requirements

Schedule

 

Date

Topic

Name

04.04.2011

First meeting - Organization

Yona Raekow

11.04.2011

no seminar

18.04.2011

Introduction to Block Ciphers

Tim Syben

25.04.2011

Easter Monday - no seminar

02.05.2011

Introduction to FEAL and Linear Cryptanalysis

Folker Hoffmann

09.05.2011

Differential Cryptanalysis of FEAL

cancelled

16.05.2011

Correlation Attacks against RC5

Andreas Meisenheimer

23.05.2011

Side Channel Attacks on AES

Sinan Ayan

30.05.2011

From MISTY to KASUMI

Han Xiang

06.06.2011

Attacks on blockciphers - Overview and Examples

Dennis Molter

13.06.2011

Pentecost - no seminar

20.06.2011

27.06.2011

04.07.2011

11.07.2011

...

Topics

The topics will be chosen from the following list:

 

Material & Literature

The slides of the introductory talk about "How to write a paper and how to prepare a talk" can be found here.

When preparing your paper you might find this LaTex template helpful, which is based on the Springer Lecture notes in computer science.

Literature

A nice collection of resources can be found in

A self-study course in block cipher cryptanalysis by Bruce Schneier

A good overview can be found here

Cryptanalysis of Block Ciphers: A Survey by Francois-Xavier Standaert, Gilles Piret, Jean-Jacques Quisquater

Prerequisits

A good understanding of basic concepts from probability theory and statistics is helpful.

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