Academic Catalog

CSEC507 APPLIED CRYPTOLOGY

Course Code: 9100507
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(0-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Cyber Security
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. CÝHANGÝR TEZCAN
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Historical introduction to cryptography. Block ciphers: Descriptions of internationally standardized ciphers. Modes of Operation. Block cipher cryptaanalysis. Cryptographic Hash Functions. Password cracking. Stream Ciphers. Public-key cryptography: Discrete logarithm and factorization problems. Descriptions of Diffle-Hellman key exchange, RSA, DSA algorithms. TLS/SSL protocol.