| topic | materials | assignments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | #01 Tu 9/28 | Classical ciphers and how to break them | notes, slides | |
| #02 Th 9/30 | Engima, permutations, and the Polish attack | notes, slides | Proj1 out PSet1 out | |
| Week 2 | #03 Tu 10/05 | Introduction to discrete probability theory | notes | |
| #04 Th 10/07 | Probability, continued; Perfect secrecy | notes | PSet1 due PSet2 out | |
| Week 3 | #05 Tu 10/12 | Stream Ciphers and PRGs | notes, | |
| #06 Th 10/14 | Practical Stream Ciphers: LFSRs and RC4 | [BS] 3.8-3.9 | PSet2 due PSet3 out | |
| Week 4 | #07 Tu 10/19 | Introduction to Block Ciphers | notes, scan on Canvas | |
| #08 Th 10/21 | PRPs | notes | PSet3 due PSet4 out | |
| Week 5 | #09 Tu 10/26 | CPA Security | notes | |
| #10 Th 10/28 | Block Cipher Modes and Attacks | notes, slides | PSet4 due | |
| Week 6 | #11 Tu 11/2 | Midterm | ||
| #12 Th 11/4 | CCA Security; MACs | notes, notes, slides | PSet5 out | |
| Week 7 | #13 Tu 11/9 | Cryptographic Hash Functions | notes, slides | |
| #14 Th 11/11 | Number Theory Review | scan on Canvas | PSet5 due PSet6 out | |
| Week 8 | #15 Tu 11/16 | Number-Theoretic Algorithms; Groups | scan on Canvas | |
| #16 Th 11/18 | Groups (cont.); Public-Key Encryption | scan on Canvas, slides | PSet6 due PSet7 out | |
| Week 9 | #17 Tu 11/30 | RSA Encryption and Signatures | scan on Canvas, slides | |
| #18 Th 12/2 | Cyclic Groups, Discrete Logs, Diffie-Hellman | scan on Canvas, slides | PSet7 due |