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PV079 Applied Cryptography

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2004

Extent and Intensity

1/3. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Alternate Types of Completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Krhovják, Ph.D. (assistant)
RNDr. Marek Kumpošt, Ph.D. (assistant)
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D. (assistant)
RNDr. Petr Švenda, Ph.D. (assistant)

Supervisor

doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications - Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Timetable

Thu 2. 12. 15:00–17:50 B011, Thu 9. 12. 15:00–17:50 B011, Thu 16. 12. 15:00–17:50 B011

Prerequisites

! P079 Applied Cryptography
It is recommended to register this course after a cryptography course (M024 or I054). It is also suggested to have PV017.
Both the course and the final exam are in English.

Course Enrollment Limitations

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

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course is aimed at students of a cryptography course who wish to explore selected topics in cryptography in a greater depth, with a particular focus on cryptography deployment issues, standards and applications. The course enhances students' working experience with up-to-date cryptosystems, and enables them to deploy cryptography effectively.

Syllabus

Topics depend on recent developments in the area, but usually cover:
Relations of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.
Hash functions and their applications.
Digital signatures, MAC.
Non-repudiation.
Cryptographic protocols, entity authentication.
Public key infrastructure, certification.
Trust, electronic and/vs. real relations.
E-commerce security, payment systems.
Hardware protection of (cryptographic) secrets.
Patents and standards.
State restrictions and cryptology.

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 0-471-12845-7. info
STALLINGS, William. Cryptography and network security :principles and practice. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1999. xvii, 569. ISBN 0-13-869017-0. info

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