| Week | Tuesday | Thursday |
| Jan 21 | Introduction. Slides. | Information theory. Slides. Homework 1 |
| Jan 28 | Information theory (continued). | Perfect secrecy. |
| Feb 4 | One-time pad, unicity distance. Slides. Homework 2 | Classical Cipher. |
| Feb 11 | Classical Cipher (continued). | Algebraic Structures. |
| Feb 18 | Algebraic Structures (continued). Homework 3 | No class (campus closed). |
| Feb 25 | Algebraic Structures (continued). | Finite Field. Homework 4 |
| March 4 | Components of Modern Block Cipher. Slides . | Data Encryption Standard (DES).
Slides. Programming project 1 Sample inputs and outputs |
| March 11 | Homework/quizz review. | Northrop Grumman visit, no class. |
| March 18 | Spring break, no class | Spring break, no class |
| March 25 | Midterm exam | AES. Slides. |
| April 1 | Introduction to public-key crypto Mathematical background |
RSA crypto system |
| April 8 |
Mid-term exam review. Homework 5 |
RSA key-generation algorithm |
| April 15 | Primality test Programming project 2: RSA Due: April 30 |
ElGamal crypto system. |
| April 22 | Elliptic curve | Symmetric cipher modes. Slides Cryptographic hash functions. Slides |
| April 29 | Message Authentication Code. Slides | Digital Signature |
| May 6 | Digital Signature (continued). Sony's PlayStation 3 incorrect digital signature implementation. |
SSH Protocol and exam review. Reading material for SSH. |