Cryptography (CS 507)

2022 Fall
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Computer Sci.& Eng.(CS)
3
10
Atıl Utku Ay utku.ay@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Doctoral, Master
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Programs\Type Required Core Elective Area Elective
Business Analytics - With Thesis *
Computer Science and Engineering - With Bachelor's Degree *
Computer Science and Engineering - With Master's Degree *
Computer Science and Engineering - With Thesis *
Cyber Security - With Bachelor's Degree *
Cyber Security - With Master's Degree *
Cyber Security - With Thesis *
Data Science - With Thesis *
Electronics Engineering and Computer Science - With Bachelor's Degree *
Electronics Engineering and Computer Science - With Master's Degree *
Electronics Engineering and Computer Science - With Thesis *
Electronics Engineering - With Bachelor's Degree *
Electronics Engineering - With Master's Degree *
Electronics Engineering - With Thesis *
Energy Technologies and Management-With Thesis *
Industrial Engineering - With Bachelor's Degree *
Industrial Engineering - With Master's Degree *
Industrial Engineering - With Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Biological Sciences and Bioengineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Computer Science and Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Electronics Engineering and Computer Science - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Electronics Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Industrial Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Materials Science and Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Mechatronics Engineering - Non Thesis *
Manufacturing Engineering - Non Thesis *
Manufacturing Engineering - With Bachelor's Degree *
Manufacturing Engineering - With Master's Degree *
Manufacturing Engineering - With Thesis *
Materials Science and Nano Engineering-(Pre:Materials Science and Engineering) *
Materials Science and Nano Engineering-(Pre:Materials Science and Engineering) *
Materials Science and Nano Engineering - With Thesis (Pre.Name: Materials Science and Engineering) *
Mathematics - With Bachelor's Degree *
Mathematics - With Master's Degree *
Mathematics - With Thesis *
Mechatronics Engineering - With Bachelor's Degree *
Mechatronics Engineering - With Master's Degree *
Mechatronics Engineering - With Thesis *
Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering (Prev. Name: Biological Sciences and Bioengineering) *
Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering-(Prev. Name: Biological Sciences and Bioengineering) *
Molecular Biology,Genetics and Bioengineering-With Thesis (Pre.Name:Biological Sciences and Bioeng.) *
Physics - Non Thesis *
Physics - With Bachelor's Degree *
Physics - With Master's Degree *
Physics - With Thesis *

CONTENT

Classical Cryptosystems, Basic Number Theory, Block Cipher Algorithms: DES, 3DES, and AES(Rijndael), Public Key Cryptography: RSA Discrete Logarithms, Elliptic Curve Cryptography(ECC), Digital Signatures, Implementation Issues, Secret Sharing, Zero Knowledge Techniques, Games, Digital Cash, Quantum Cryptography.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Show a good understanding of security issues in a classical communications scenario.
  • Explain why classical ciphers using mono-or poly alphabetic substitution technique are weak.
  • Demonstrate a good understanding of introductory number theory pertaining to prime numbers, divisibility, rings, groups, finite fields.
  • Use software libraries for number theory and cryptographic operations and build application using these libraries.
  • Outline the classic taxonomy of cryptographic algorithms, and give at least one contemporary example for each class in the taxonomy
  • Explain the difference between stream ciphers and block ciphers and the difference between symmetric ciphers and asymmetric ciphers, and area of their usage.
  • Demonstrate a good understanding of block cipher design principles and one public key algorithm
  • Give at least two examples for hard problems on which contemporary cryptographic algorithms are based.
  • Calculate the minimum key length that should be used in one symmetric and one public key cryptosystem for at least two different security levels.
  • Demonstrate a good understanding of public key certificates and their usage in securing communication channels.
  • Design and implement a simple communication protocol that provides basic security functionality including confidentiality, integrity, authentication, non-repudiation for communicating parties.

ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

  Percentage (%)
Final 35
Midterm 30
Quiz 10
Group Project 15
Homework 10