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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CSC 5155 - Cryptography I

Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to modern cryptography. Topics will include a rigorous treatment of fundamental primitives including: theoretical and applied aspects of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography with associated security models, message authentication codes, stream ciphers, cryptographic hashing, digital signatures, and various advanced primitives. Necessary mathematics will be introduced as needed, though a strong background in mathematics is expected.
Corequisite(s): CSC 3555 - Theory of Computation I  or consent of the instructor.