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IAM501 INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOGRAPHY

Course Code: 9700501
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Institute Of Applied Mathematics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. MURAT CENK
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Historical development of cryptography, introduction to simple crypto systems, information theoretic security, basics of symmetric ciphers: block ciphers, stream ciphers, basics of asymmetric ciphers, cryptographic protocols and cryptanalysis.