Syllabus for Cryptology: the Science
of Secret Messages
First Year Seminar -- Fall 2004
Hentschke 204
Dr. Tamara Veenstra
Schedule
| Date | Topic | Homework Due |
| Tues Sept 8 | Sect 2.1 | email assignment from syllabus |
| Thur Sept 10 | more mod stuff | sect 2.1(1-6, 11-15) |
| Tues Sept 14 | Sect 2.2 | handout from class |
| Thurs Sept 16 | Sect 2.2 | handout from class |
| Tues Sept 21 | sect 2,2 | 2.2 (2-5,6c,7-10) extra credit: 2.2(13,14), finish decrypting in class message |
| Thurs Sept 23 | sect 2.3 | finish in-class activity, reading assignment on handout |
| Tues Sept 28 | sect 2.3 | finish handout |
| Thurs Sept 30 | review | |
| Tues Oct 5 | First test | |
| Th Oct 7 | sect 2.5 | |
| Th Oct 14 | kasiski test | 2.5(1-4) and email |
| Tu Oct 19 | probability (2.6) | reading quiz on ch 2 of singh |
| Th Oct 21 | friedman test (2.7) | read 2.6 of barr and do (1-6,8-11) |
| Tu Oct 26 | breaking vigenere (2.8) | read 2.7 do (1,2,3,8) |
| Th Oct 28 | more breaking vigenere -- cipher challenge | |
| Tu Nov 2 | review | |
| Th Nov 5 | second test | |
| sun nov 7 | kickback | movie: Enigma at 7 pm, location TBA |
| Tu Nov 9 | reading quiz ch3 of singh | read ch 3 of Singh |
| Th Nov 11 | public key crypto --DH key exchange | project topic due |
| Tu Nov 16 | advising | handout on playfair and 4.5(1-5) |
| Th Nov 18 | more on DH and playfair | rough draft of 1-2 pages of paper |
| Tu Nov 30 | RSA part 1 | rough draft 3-4 pages |
| Th Dec 2 | RSA part 2 | handout on euler phi function |
| Tu Dec 7 | RSA part 3 | complete rough draft due |
| Th Dec 9 | 3rd exam | |
| Th dec 16 | cipher challenge | final paper due |