Boston University CAS CS 538: Fundamentals of Cryptography
Syllabus
Note: Our Final exam will be Wed 12/17 1-3 pm in MCS B33 (our usual classroom).
See exam announcement and sample problems for
for more info.
Problem Set 1 Solutions
Problem Set 2 (Note: problem 3 is postponed until Problem Set 3.) Solutions
Problem Set 3 Solutions
Problem Set 4 Solutions
Problem Set 5 Solutions
Problem Set 6 Solutions
Problem Set 7 Solutions
Problem Set 8 Solutions
Problem Set 9 Solutions
Reading (due Monday Dec 1): Cryptography: How to Keep Your Secrets Safe, an article by Anna Lysyanskaya in Scientific American (August 2008). Be sure to look at five sidebars (links on the left-hand side of the first screen), which are nice graphical presentations of the important concepts. If you'd like to see anything in this article discussed in class, please email me.
Lecture Notes