Course Info

• Course Name: CSE 539, Applied Cryptography
• Semester: Spring 2023
• Instructor: Jed Crandall
• More info is in the syllabus, see below. Also check Canvas.

Syllabus

• The syllabus is here, also available as a PDF.

Slides

• Course intro
• Information theory and PRNGs
• OTR paper discussion
• Crypto overview, part 1
• Crypto overview, part 2
• Hash functions
• Rogue cert paper notes
• CBC padding oracle attacks
• Finite fields
• Cipher block chaining, stream ciphers, MAC
• OTR and Signal
• Side channels
• RSA
• RSA padding
• RSA OAEP
• Elliptic Curve Cryptography
• Zero-knowledge proofs, oblivious transfer, etc.
• Post-quantum crypto

Homework assignments

• Homework 1 has been assigned in Canvas, and the tar ball you need is here
• Homework 2 has been assigned in Canvas, and the tar ball you need is here