Cryptography, Spring 2002

Syllabus: syllabus
Work for 1/10/02: Read Chapter 1
Work for 1/24/02: Read Chapter 4
Description of project
Homework assignments

Chapter 1; 1,3,4,8
Chapter 4; 1a, first four words of 6,7,8, one of 12 or 13

Ideas for projects

Tips for effective presentations

Define all unfamiliar terms
Be sure to prove something
Practice the talk by yourself, in front of a few trusted friends
Organize the content with the audience in mind
If using overhead transparencies,

Make them legible!
Each transparency should have at most two ideas
Use as few words as you can, as many pictures as you can
Don't overuse colors, but do make effective use of them

If using the blackboard, practice this (writing on a board is often more difficult than you would expect)
Look at the audience when you speak
Be enthusiastic!

Enigma
Purple
NTRU
McEliece
XTR
Secret Sharing
Pseudo-random number generators
Zero Knowledge
Quantum Cryptography
Detailed attacks on challenges
Differential Cryptanalysis
Entropy, probability discussions
PGP
The decryption exponent attack on RSA
Steganography