Course Title: Introduction to Cryptography
Course no: CSC-313 Full Marks: 60+10+10
Credit hours: 40 Pass Marks: 24+8+8
Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)
Goal: The course objective is to familiarize basic concepts of cryptography so as the
students can use their understanding for information security purpose.
Course Contents:
Unit 1. Introduction 4 Hrs.
Security, Attacks, Attack Types, Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, Classical Cryptography
Unit 2. Basics of Modern Cryptography 5 Hrs.
Plaintext, Ciphertext, keys, simple ciphers, public key cryptography, digital
signatures
Unit 3. Conventional Encryption / Secret Key Cryptography 10 Hrs.
Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Cipher Structure, Encryption Algorithms, Data
Enncryption Standard (DES), International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA),
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Modes of Operation, Symmetric Block
Ciphers, Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), Multiple Encryption DES
Unit 4. Public Key Cryptography 6 Hrs.
Basic Number Theory, Factorization, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Public Key
Cryptography Algorithms, RSA.
Unit 5. Digital Signatures 4 Hrs.
One-time signatures, Digital Signature Standard (DSS).
Unit 6. Hashing and Message Digests 6 Hrs.
Hashes, Motivation and applications. Cryptographically Secure Hashing, Secure Hash
Algorithm (SHA), Encryption with Message Digest (MD), MD5.
Unit 7. Authentication and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 5 Hrs.
Overview of Authentication Systems (Password, Address, Cryptographic), Security
Handshake Pitfalls, Authentication Standards, Kerberos, PKI Trust Models.
Unit 8. Network Security 5 Hrs.
IP Security, Web Security, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Transport Layer Security
(TLS), Different versions of SNMPs, PGP.
Text / Reference books :
1. D. R. Stinson. Cryptography: Theory and Practice. CRC Press
2. William Stallings, Network Security Essentials-Applications & Standards, Pearson.
3. Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Speciner, Nework Security Private
Communication in a Public World, Second Edition, 2004,Pearson.
4. Matt Bishop, Computer Security, Art and Science, Pearson
5. Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, Pearson
Course no: CSC-313 Full Marks: 60+10+10
Credit hours: 40 Pass Marks: 24+8+8
Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)
Goal: The course objective is to familiarize basic concepts of cryptography so as the
students can use their understanding for information security purpose.
Course Contents:
Unit 1. Introduction 4 Hrs.
Security, Attacks, Attack Types, Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, Classical Cryptography
Unit 2. Basics of Modern Cryptography 5 Hrs.
Plaintext, Ciphertext, keys, simple ciphers, public key cryptography, digital
signatures
Unit 3. Conventional Encryption / Secret Key Cryptography 10 Hrs.
Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Cipher Structure, Encryption Algorithms, Data
Enncryption Standard (DES), International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA),
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Modes of Operation, Symmetric Block
Ciphers, Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), Multiple Encryption DES
Unit 4. Public Key Cryptography 6 Hrs.
Basic Number Theory, Factorization, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Public Key
Cryptography Algorithms, RSA.
Unit 5. Digital Signatures 4 Hrs.
One-time signatures, Digital Signature Standard (DSS).
Unit 6. Hashing and Message Digests 6 Hrs.
Hashes, Motivation and applications. Cryptographically Secure Hashing, Secure Hash
Algorithm (SHA), Encryption with Message Digest (MD), MD5.
Unit 7. Authentication and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 5 Hrs.
Overview of Authentication Systems (Password, Address, Cryptographic), Security
Handshake Pitfalls, Authentication Standards, Kerberos, PKI Trust Models.
Unit 8. Network Security 5 Hrs.
IP Security, Web Security, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Transport Layer Security
(TLS), Different versions of SNMPs, PGP.
Text / Reference books :
1. D. R. Stinson. Cryptography: Theory and Practice. CRC Press
2. William Stallings, Network Security Essentials-Applications & Standards, Pearson.
3. Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Speciner, Nework Security Private
Communication in a Public World, Second Edition, 2004,Pearson.
4. Matt Bishop, Computer Security, Art and Science, Pearson
5. Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, Pearson
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