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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	45

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The course aim is to make student familiar with basic methods used in cryptography and with mathematical background of these methods.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND SYLLABUS:
1. Classical cryptography. Basic notions. Substitution ciphers. Vigenere, Playfair and Hill chiphers. Transposition ciphers. Rotor machines (Enigma). (4 weeks)
2. Modern block ciphers. Data Encryption Standard (DES). Cryptoanalysis of DES. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). (2 - 3 weeks)
3. Public key cryptography. Idea of public key cryptography. RSA cryptosystem. Cryptanalysis of RSA. Other public-key cryptosystems. (3 weeks)
4. Primality tests and factoring. Pseudoprimes. Soloway-Strassen and Miller-Rabin primality tests. Factor bases. Quadratic sieve method. (2 weeks)
5. Network security. Hash functions. Digital signature. Electronic mail security. IP security. (2 - 3 weeks)

Mandatory course - Regular study - Computer Science and Mathematics