Academic Catalog

CSEC508 APPLIED CRYPTANALYSIS

Course Code: 9100508
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(0-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Cyber Security
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Time complexity. Random variables. Cryptanalysis of historical ciphers. Frequency analysis. Differential cryptanalysis and its variants. Success probability and data complexity estimations. Linear cryptanalysis and its variants. Birthday paradox. Password cracking. Attacks on discrete logarithm and factorization problems.