FI:P079 Applied Cryptography - Course Information

P079 Applied Cryptography

Extent and Intensity

1/2. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Prerequisites

M024 Cryptography || I054 Cryptography and C.Protocols
Prerequisites: M024 or I054. Also, P017 is strongly recommended.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Information Technology (programme FI, B-IN)

Syllabus

• Topics will depend on developments in the area, but should usually involve:
• Relations of symmetric and asymmettric cryptography.
• Digital signatures, MAC.
• Entity authentication.
• Applications of hash functions.
• Non-repudiation.
• Symmetric cryptography protocols.
• Asymmetric cryptography protocols.
• Public key infrastructure, certification.
• Trust, electronic and/vs. real relations and dependencies.
• Secure electronic commerce.
• Application of cryptography in electronic publishing.
• Patents and standards.
• State restrictions and cryptographic applications.

Literature

• MENEZES, A. J., Paul van OORSCHOT and Scott A. VANSTONE. Handbook of applied cryptography. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997, xiii, 780. ISBN 0-8493-8523-7. info
• SCHNEIER, Bruce. Applied cryptography : protocols, algorithms, and source code in C. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996, xxiii, 758. ISBN 0471128457. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Obvykle písemná zkouška typu "open book" a řešení bodovaných úkolů během semestru. Kurz z velké části probíhá korenspondenčně s využitím Internetu, doplněn blokovou výukou.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/matyas/lecture/p079.html

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