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Course Outlines

Fall 2024 - CMPT 789 G100

Applied Cryptography (3)

Class Number: 6407

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Fri, 2:30–4:20 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 the foundations of modern cryptography. It introduces the basic requirements for 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. This course also details a few real-world hands-on examples and surveys a number of modern applications of cryptography.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Topics

  • Concepts of privacy, secrecy, integrity, and authenticity
  • Cryptographic primitives
  • Private-key encryption: stream ciphers and block ciphers
  • Public-key encryption
  • Message authentication, digital signatures, and hashing
  • Cryptographic applications in Bluetooth.
  • Survey of the cryptographic components of the existing protocols

Grading

NOTES:

The final may comprise of homeworks, projects, quizzes, midterm, and final and will be discussed and finalized 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

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

There is no single textbook for this course. Several books, online lecture notes, papers, and other publications and resources will be used and listed later.

RECOMMENDED READING:

  • Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2016,7th edition  (Earlier 4th edition is okay and available through SFU Library)

ISBN: 9780134444284

  • Handbook of Applied Cryptography, fred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot, and Scott A. Vanston, CRC-Press, 1996, Available at SFU Library

ISBN: 9780849385230

  • Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Jonathan Katz, Yehuda Lindell, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2014 (2nd and 3rd Edition are available through SFU Library)

ISBN: 9781466570269

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

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 website 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

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.