Course detail
Applied cryptography
FEKT-DKC-TK2Acad. year: 2021/2022
Basic terms, secrecy theory, perfect cipher. Symmetric cryptosystems - stream ciphers, block ciphers, standards of symmetric ciphers, key management and distribution. Asymmetric cryptosystems - RSA, DL and EC types of cryptosystems, key agreement, standards of asymetric cryptosystems. Hash and other auxiliary cryptographic functions, data integrity, authentication, digital signatures. Public key infrastructure, modern cryptographic services. Electronic voting, sharing of secret information. Quantum cryptography. Introduction to the cryptoanalysis, attacks on cryptosystems and their defence.
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Literature
Aumasson J.: Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption. No Starch Press, San Francisco, 2017. (EN)
Schneier B.: Applied Cryptography. Wiley, Indianapolis 2015. (EN)
Menezes, A. J., Oorschot, P. C., Vanstone, S. A.: Handbook of applied cryptography. CRC Press, Boca Raton1997. Dostupné online: http://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/hac/ (EN)
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Course curriculum
2. Stream ciphers
3. Block ciphers
4. Block cipher standards and modes
5. Key management and distribution
6. Introduction to the modular mathematics
7. IF asymmetric cryptosystems
8. DL and EC asymmetric cryptosystems
9. Hash functions and digital signature
10. and 11. Applications of cryptography
12. Cryptography Perspectives
13. Reserve
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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- Programme DKC-KAM Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 4 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme DKC-EKT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 4 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme DKC-MET Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 4 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme DKC-SEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 4 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme DKC-TLI Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 4 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme DKC-TEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 4 credits, compulsory-optional