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    Course Title: Introduction to Cryptography(Micro syllabus)

    Course No. Csc313

    Credit Hours: 3

    Full Marks: 60+20+20


    Pass Marks: 24+8+8

    Nature of course: Theory(3 Hrs) + Lab(3 Hrs)


    Goal: The course objective is to familiarize basic concepts of cryptography so as the students can use
    their understanding for information security purpose.

    Unit 1. Introduction

    5hrs.

    Encryption and Secrecy, The Objectives of Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Attacks, Attack types(Active and
    Passive), Cryptanalysis attacks(Cipher text only, Known-plaintext, Chosen-plaintext, Adaptively-chosenplaintext, chosen and adaptively-chosen-ciphertext), Bruit force attack
    Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses
    Introduction and Terminology(Confidentiality, Authentication, Integrity)
    Shannons Descriptions of a Conventional Cryptosystem
    Classical Cryptosystems (Ceaser, Simple Substitution, Vigenere, Vernam, Simple XOR, Playfair, Hill
    Transpositions), Rotor Machines, Hagelin, Enigma, Steganography

    Unit 2. Basics of Modern Cryptography


    Plaintext, Ciphertext, Keys, Simple Ciphers, Public Key Cryptography
    One way Function(Trap Door Function), Symmetric and Asymmetric Cryptography(comparison), Digital
    Signatures, Digital Signatures with Encryption

    Unit 3. Conventional Encryption/ Secret Key Cryptography

    10 Hrs.

    Fiestel Cipher Structure, Encryption Algorithms, Block cipher and stream cipher, Data Encryption
    Standard(DES), Multiple Encryption DES, International Data Encryption Algorithm(IDEA), Advanced
    Encryption Standard(AES), Modes of Operation, Codebook Mode, Cipher Block Chaining(CBC) Mode

    Unit 4. Public Key Cryptography

    4 Hrs.

    Basic Number theory


    Modular Arithmetic(The Integers, The Integers Modulo n/ Residues), Primitive Roots and the Discrete
    Logarithm, Groups, Rings, Fields, Ring of Polynomials, Residue Class Rings, Finite Fields, Quadratic
    Residues, Modular Square Roots, Primes, Prime Factorization an Primality Tests(Introduction)

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    The Concept of Public- Key Cryptography, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, RSA(Description, computational
    aspect, security of RSA)

    Unit 5. Digital Signatures

    4 Hrs.

    One-time signatures, digital signature standards(DSS), Digital Signature Algorithm

    Unit 6. Hashing and Message Digests

    6 Hrs

    Hashes, Hash Functon vs MAC, Motivations and Applications, Collision free Hash Functions, The Birthday
    Attack, Cryptographically Secure Hashing, Secure Hash Algorithm(SHA), Encryption with Message
    Digest(MD), MD5

    Unit 7. Authentication and Public Key Infrastructure(PKI)

    5 Hrs.

    Overview of Authentication Systems(Password, Address, Cryptographic), Security Handshake pitfalls,


    authentication standards, Kerberos, PKI Trust Models

    Unit 8. Network Security

    5 Hrs.

    IP Security, Web Security, Secure Socket Layer(SSL), Transport Layer Security(TLS), Secure Electronic
    Transaction(SET), Different Versions of SNMPs ,PGP
    Text/Reference books:
    1. D.R. Stinson Cryptography, Theoruy and Practice, CRS Press
    2. William Stallings, Network Security Essentials, Applications and Standards, Pearson
    3. Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Specinner, Network Security Private Communication in a
    Public world, Second dition,2004, Pearson
    4. Matt Bishop, Computer Security, Art and Science, Pearson
    5. Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, Pearson
    LAB Works:
    Subject teacher should assign lab works to the students related to course material covered in
    the class successively. Lab works can be done by using any programming languages like c, C++,
    JAVA, .Net or by using any Mathematical functions that are used to solve various algorithms
    related to cryptography and its application.

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