Cryptography (KRV)
6/7. Semester
5 ECTS | 4 SWS
Continuous Assessment (CA)
Protect Secrets: Learn how data encryption works, how digital signatures ensure authenticity, and how secure communication is achieved.
Contents
- History and aims of cryptography
- crash course in number theory
- symmetrical methods: transposition, substitution (monoalphabetical substitution, polyalphabetical substitution)
- Feistel-networks
- asymmetrical (public key) methods: Diffie-Hellman key exchange, RSA, ElGamal message exchange, Rabin message exchange
- digital signature
Competencies
Students are able to
Literature
- Johannes Buchmann: Einführung in die Kryptographie. 6. Auflage, Springer
- Simon Singh: Codes. Hanser, 2002
- Paar C., Pelzl J.: Kryptografie verständlich: Ein Lehrbuch für Studierende und Anwender. Springer
- Wolfgang Ertel: Angewandte Kryptographie. Fachbuchverlag Leipzig
Lecturer
Recommended Previous Knowledge
-
Einführung in die Höhere Mathematik
Module Details
| Semester |
6/7 |
| Lecture Language |
German |
|
Frequency
|
Not regularly
|
| Credit Points (ECTS)
|
5 |
| Course Coordinator |
Prof. Dr. Elena Fimmel |
| Duration |
1 Semester |
|
Course Achievement
|
None |
|
Prerequisite for exam
|
None |
|
Exam
|
Continuous Assessment (CA) |
Weekly Hours (SWS)
| Lecture |
2 SWS |
| Exercises |
2 SWS |
| Sum |
4 SWS |
Work Load
| Lecture |
30 h |
| Self Study |
90 h |
| Assignments |
30 h |
| Sum |
150 h |
