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MATH 420 Introduction to Cryptography

This course is designed as an introduction to public key cryptology. We will review the mathematical background material as needed but rather than giving rigorous proofs of the theorems we emphasize their computational aspects by presenting algorithms and their implementations . Topics include Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Standard and Elliptic ElGamal Public Key Cryptosystem, RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, The Knapsack Cryptosystem, Digital Signatures and Hash Functions. Credit units: 3 ECTS Credit units: 5, Prerequisite: MATH 253.

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