Seminar Advanced Topics in Crytography
Corresponding entry in Aachen Campus, Bonn Basis.
Lecture
Time & Place
- Thursday, 1000-1200, b-it 1.25.
First meeting: Thursday, 25 October 2012.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of cryptography and fast understanding of mathematical and computer science topics is required.
Contents
The topic is not yet determined. Previous instantiations dealt with fuzzy coding theory, Zero-Knowledge, PCP, ellitpic curve theory, analytical number theory, ... In any case the topic will try to dig deeper than what you expect in a standard course or seminar.
Options
- Universal composability framework, see Canetti (2005).
- Security of symmetric crypto.
- Security of SHA3/Keccak and friends.
- Factoring based cryptography (Hofheinz, Kiltz & Shoup...).
This semester's topic is...
Universal composability framework (Canetti 2005)
Schedule
- 26.11.2012, 1330: Daniel Loebenberger, Intro.
- 03.12.2012, 1330: Christian Schröer, Basic definitions.
- 10.12.2012, 1000: Michael Nüsken, ...
- 17.12.2012, 1000: ...
Literature
- Ran Canetti (2005). Universally Composable Security: A New Paradigm for Cryptographic Protocols. Cryptology ePrint Archive 2000/067.
- Ran Canetti & Hugo Krawczyk (2002). Universally Composable Notions of Key Exchange and Secure Channels. Cryptology ePrint Archive 2002/059.
- Ran Canetti, Yevgeniy Dodis, Rafael Pass & Shabsi Walfish (2006). Universally Composable Security with Global Setup. Cryptology ePrint Archive 2006/432.
- Wikipedia (2012?). Universal composibility.
- Ran Canetti, Yehuda Lindell, Rafail Ostrovsky & Amit Sahai (2002). Universally Composable Two-Party and Multi-party Secure Computation. PDF @ Homepage Ostrovsky.
- Ran Canetti (2004). Course 6.897 in particular: Lecture 3,4: Universal Composability.
- Jörn Müller-Quade (2010). Graceful Degradation (Universal Composability). Master thesis proposal.
Allocation
2 SWS, 4 ECTS credits.
- Media Informatics, Communication Skills.
- University of Bonn - Computer Science, A or A1.
- University of Bonn - Mathematics.
- Universtiy of Bonn - Master Computer Science, Module ???.