Introduction to symmetric cryptography, block ciphers, stream ciphers, cryptographic hash functions, permutation-based encryption, authenticated encryption, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Know what a block cipher is, how it is employed and how to make it secure.
• Know what a stream cipher is, how it is employed and how to make it secure.
• Know what a hash function is, how it is employed and how to make it secure.
• General knowledge of authenticated ciphers, how to achieve authentication and encryption at the same time
• How to make permutation based encryption
• Get a good knowledge of differential cryptanalysis and how one can construct ciphers immune to the attacks.
• What a block chain is, how it is constructed and what it is used for.
• Cryptocurrencies, be aware of the limitations and opportunities.

Introduction to symmetric cryptography, block ciphers, stream ciphers, cryptographic hash functions, permutation-based encryption, authenticated encryption, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. 25. januar, 2018