Course Schedule (tentative)

Books: "St" = Stallings; Optional: "R"=Rescorla (SSL&TLS); "S"=Schneier (Applied Crypto)

Week
of
Lecture Readings
Jan
18
 Introduction, Crypto overview; St:1; R:1-2, S:2-3; review S:11 or St:4,8 or your favorite discrete math text
25
 SSL intro    St:17.1-2; R:3; S:22.1
Survey St:2; Hw0 - due Feb3
 Monday, January 31, 2005 Last Day to ADD Classes
Feb
1
World mod N: roots, inverses, etc. Review St:4,8; slide
S:11
(esp. 11.3)  or your favorite discrete math text
8
 RSA  Hw1 - due Feb.15; St:9; S:19.1,3,5
15
 Back to SSL, certificates Hw2 - due Feb24;
St:14.2, 15.1;
R:3; S:8.12, S:24.9
22
 Advanced SSL Feb.22 - no class (Monday schedule)R:4
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 Last Day to DROP Classes (without 'W')
or
Change from Credit to Audit Status
Mar
1
  Review;
DSS sig's; DLog attacks
PA1 due March 21 (11:59pm)
S:19.6; 20.1-2,4; 11.6
 
 
 Spring break: March 5-13  
15
DES Hw3 - due March 24; St:3; S:12;
    Friday, March 18, 2005 Last Day to DROP Classes (with a 'W')
22
AES/Rijndael Hw4 - due Mar.31; Rijndael; St:5-6; S:9; 15.1-2;
 
29
    Midterm; Hashing St:11-12; S:7; 18 (esp. sec.1,5-7)
   
Apr
5
More Signatures  
12
Kerberos Kerberos; St: 7,14;16, R:11.5-25(esp. R:11.5-10);
19
IPSEC, Intruders, IDS, Firewalls St: 18, 20,R:11.1-4; 4.9; S:24.5
Firewalls FAQ
26
  HW5 - due Apr.28; PA2 - extra credit
May
3
 Tuesday, May 3 - Last class: Review.
   8 Study Period  
 
10
Final: May 10, Tue 9-11am