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Kryptography in Informatics
KVI Acad. year 2003/2004 Winter semester 5 credits
Security, security policy, security enforcement functions, security mechanisms, criteria for system security assessment. Mathematical foudations of cryptology. Substitution and transposition ciphers. Secret key encryption, DES data encryption standard, public key encryption, RSA system. Cryptographic keys and their management. Digital signatures, basic cryptographic protocols and their building blocks. Special algorithms for protocols, identification schemes. Security of data in computer networks. Internet and security, privacy protection. E-commerce security, application of cryptography in electronic publishing, legislative and ethical protection of data.
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Students will be introduced to applications of cryptographic mechanisms in communications and networks. They will learn the basic principles of information system security. They will also learn applied cryptography, including classical cryptography and modern secret key and public key cryptography.
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The objective of this subject is to provide fundamental theoretical knowledge of and practical skills in data protection and data security in modern communication and information systems.
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