60/2013 Cryptography for e-security (crypto-v3) May 2013- July 2013

Cryptography Course (crypto-v3)- website ::

http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/cryptoKUv3.htm
Each ession = 90 minutes

Class #	Date	Highlights
19, 20	2013-06-21	Closure and Debriefing session. Misc. security techniques :: steganography, hamming, chaffing, winnowing, shred. Exam details announced. Videos on : Alan Turing, Claude Shannon.
18	2013-06-20	Network security tools : SSH SSL Explained
16, 17	2013-06-11	Authentication. Testing password strength. Network security Tools. IPV6, IPSEC, PEM. S/MIME, SET, SSL/TLS.
15a	2013-06-12	Linux overview. Twin boot concept. Installing Linux/Ubuntu demo. Distributed copies of BOSS Linux.
15	2013-06-09	Authentication principles. Two factor authentication. Biometric authentication. Passwords.
13, 14	2013-06-07	Elementary number theory. Modular arithmetic. Fermat's little theorem, Euler's theorem. Factoring problem. Inverse Logarithm problem. Prime numbers. GCD. Euclidean algorithm and extended Euclidean algorithm. Overview of RSA algorithm
12	2013-06-06	Overview of some cryptographic standards. Feistel networks. DES, 3DES, IDEA. S box. P box.
11	2013-06-02	Hash digests. Essential properties. md family vs sha family. Merkle Damgard construction. Role of digests in digital signatures. sha3 competition and result. How to build a fortress with hash digest and digital signature.
09, 10	2013-05-31	PGP/GPG. Encrytion, decryption, signing, verfification with GPG. Keys and key management using Command Line. KGPG interface, Thunderbird interface.
08	2103-05-30	Security issues in operating systems. Linux security features. Introduction to PGP/GPG
07	2013-05-26	Security issues in operating systems. Linux security features. SE Linux.
05, 06	2013-05-24	Asymm. Key Cryptography. Intro: AKC, PKI, PKC, X509. Viginere Cipher, Feistel cipher, Pigpen cipher. Stream cipher vs block cipher. Encryption, signing. Videos: DH key exchange, suitcase analogy.
04	2013-05-23	Symm. Key Cryptography. Demo using zip, vi. Videos -- Ron Rivest, Bruce Schneier. Distributed copies of course DVD
03	2013-05-19	CE students (56) join the class. Cryptography fundamental principles.
02	2013-05-16	E-security overview. Threats, remedies.
01	2013-05-15	CS students = 19. Take-off lecture. Course overview.