Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2020 - CMPT 789 G100

Applied Cryptography (3)

Class Number: 6679

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 19, 2020
    Sat, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Explores modern cryptographic and cryptoanalytics techniques in detail, and emphasizes how such mechanisms can be effectively used within larger security systems, and finding their vulnerabilities. Topics covered include cryptographic primitives, public key encryption, digital signature, message authentication codes, cryptographic protocols, and attacks.

COURSE DETAILS:

The course focuses on foundations of modern cryptography. It introduces the basic requirements to cryptographic schemes, privacy and authenticity. The course then describes the main cryptographic primitives and demonstrates how they are used to construct private and public cryptosystems. We also consider how these constructions are used in the existing systems, and survey a number of modern applications of cryptography.

Topics

  • Basics of probability, cryptography, and complexity. Historical remarks
  • Concepts of privacy and authenticity
  • Cryptographic primitives
  • Private-key encryption: stream ciphers and block ciphers
  • Public-key encryption
  • Message authentication, digital signatures, and hashing
  • Selected topics: zero-knowledge proof, post-quantum cryptography, etc.
  • Survey of the cryptographic components of the existing protocols

Grading

  • Will be discussed in the first week of classes Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C- or better).

Materials

RECOMMENDED READING:

  • Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2016, 9780134444284, 7th edition
  • Handbook of Applied Cryptography, fred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot, and Scott A. Vanston, CRC-Press, 1996, 9780849385230
  • Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Jonathan Katz, Yehuda Lindell, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2014, 9781466570269

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020

Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).