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Course details
This course will focus on the concepts and applications of cryptography, covering topics on symmetric and asymmetric cryptography; secret key and key exchange; stream and block ciphers; message digests; public and private keys; digital signatures, digital certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI); SSL, IPSec VPN's, S/MIME, PGP and WEP/WPA; cryptographic and non-cryptographic attacks; randomness and primality; cryptographic algorithms (DES, 3DES, AES, Blowfish, RSA, DSA, DH, El Gamal, ECC, MD5, SHA, RC4, etc.); and authentication, confidentiality, integrity and non-repudiation. Introduction to real-world use and applications will be included.
Prerequisite(s)
- Admission to a Forensic credential program or permission of the Program Coordinator.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discuss the major trends in cryptographic evolution, including legal and ethical issues.
- Compare the strengths and weaknesses of symmetric and asymmetric algorithms, of message digest implementations, and of various cipher modes.
- Design a simple public key algorithm.
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of cryptographic algorithms, such as DES, 3DES, AES, RSA, DSS, ECC, DH, RC4, etc.
- Discuss secure implementations of practical real-world cryptographic systems such as EFS, Entrust Client, Wireless, S/MIME, SSL, PGP, VPN's, Smartcards and SSH.
- Assess public and secret key algorithms to determine their vulnerability to common methods of attack.
- Critically evaluate cryptographic solutions in terms of the cryptographic assurances they provide, the method of implementation, their adherence to standards, and their potential weaknesses.
- Use cryptographic tools and solutions, including S/MIME, OpenSSL, PGP and PKI.
- Explain the need for secure key exchange and management, and the various techniques available.
- Compare the strengths and weaknesses of network-based (PGP) and hierarchical PKI systems (X509).
Effective as of Fall 2009
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