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Module Specifications... Current Academic Year 2017 - 2018 Please note that this information is subject to change. Module Title
P-Key Cryptography & Sec Protocols
Module Code
CA646
School
School of Computing Online Module Resources Semester 1: David Gray Semester 2: David Gray Autumn: David Gray
Module Co-ordinator Module Teachers
David Gray
NFQ level
9
Credit Rating
Pre-requisite
None
Co-requisite
None
Compatibles
None
Incompatibles
None
7.5
Description This module introduces students to modern public-key cryptography and security protocols. Learning Outcomes 1. Describe the fundamental concepts underpinning public-key cryptography, digital signature schemes and provable security. 2. Explain the mathematical concepts underlying RSA and ElGamal, and perform appropriate calculations and proofs using these concepts. 3. Describe and analyse public-key encryption schemes and digital signature schemes based on RSA and ElGamal. 4. Interpret and synthesize reductionist security arguments for differing security goals. 5. Design & write software to implement public-key encryption schemes and digital signature schemes based on RSA and ElGamal. 6. Describe the fundamental concepts underpinning security protocols, key management and public key infrastructures. 7. Describe and analyse security protocols for applications such as authentication, key-exchange, e-mail,e-cash, zero-knowledge protocols, bit-commitment protocols and fair-exchange protocols 8. Design & write software to implement security protocols.
Workload
Full-time hours per semester
Type
Hours
Description
Lecture Lecture Independent Study Independent Study Assignment Completion Assignment Completion Directed learning Directed learning
36 36
Lectures Lectures
60
Private study/research
60
Private study/research
80
Programming Exercises
80
Programming Exercises
12 12
Class tests Class tests Total Workload: 376
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml Indicative Content and Learning Activities Syllabus Review of symmetric & asymmetric cryptography, hash functions and random number generators; Complexity theory and probability; Public-key schemes and provable security; RSA and the hardness of factoring; ElGamal and the discrete log problem; Efficient implementation of basic algorithms and the RSA & ElGamal public-key schemes; Digital signature schemes based on RSA & ElGamal, and their implementation. Security objectives - confidentiality, integrity, authentication and non-repudiation; Key management and Public key Infrastructures; Authentication & key-exchange protocols; Secure e-mail; Advanced protocols – blind signatures, electronic cash, ZK protocols, identification schemes, bit-commitment protocols, twoparty fair contract signing. Assessment Breakdown Continuous Assessment
25% Examination Weight
Course Work Breakdown Type
Description
% of total Assessment Date
In Class Test Two class tests held during the semester. 30% Reassessment Requirement Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component This module is category 3 Indicative Reading List Wenbo Mao: 2004, Modern Cryptography: Theory & Practice, Prentice Hall, Katz & Lindell: 2008, Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Chapman & Hall, Menezes, van Oorschot & Vanstone: 1997, Handbook of Applied Cryptography, CRC Press, http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/, Other Resources None Array Programme or List of Programmes ECSA ECSAO GCSF GDSF GTEC MCM NAVNMU
Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing) Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing) Grad Cert in Security & Forensics Graduate Diploma in Security & Forensics Graduate Training Visitor Program (E&C) M.Sc. in Computing Non Award Visitors- UCD/DCU
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