Cryptography

Corresponding entry in Aachen Campus, Bonn Basis.

Lecture

Prof. Joachim von zur Gathen

Tutorial

Raoul Blankertz, Daniel Loebenberger

Time & Place

Monday, 13⁰⁰-14³⁰, LBH HS III.03a.
Thursday, 12⁴⁵-14¹⁵, b-it bitmax.
Tutorial: Monday, 15⁰⁰-16³⁰, b-it Rheinsaal.

First meeting: Thursday, 25 October 2012

Important advice

Master students in Computer Science at University of Bonn have to register this course with POS (aka BASIS).

Allocation

4+2 SWS, 8 ECTS credits. Optionally, 3+2 SWS, 6 ECTS credits.

Media Informatics: Computer and Communication Technology.
Recommendation for University of Bonn - Computer Science: A or A1, respectively.

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Prerequisites

None.

Cryptography deals with methods for secure data transfer. In earlier times this was the domain of military and intelligence agencies, but today modern cryptography has grown into a key technology, enabling e-commerce and secure internet communications. Its many applications range from credit and debit cards, mobile phones, tv decoders, and electronic money to unforgeable electronic signatures under orders and contracts in the internet. In the course, we first discuss two of the current standard tools, namely AES and RSA. Further topics are key exchange, including group cryptography and discrete logarithm, digital signatures and identification, and cryptographic hash functions.

Submission guidelines

Students may discuss the exercises in groups but must submit the assignments individual. The assignments should be handwritten and handed in Monday before the tutorial.