Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 6.875 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Cryptography and Cryptanalysis 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. David Gifford
  Prof. Tommi Jaakkola 
• Course Introduction:
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  6.875 Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive bibliography of assigned and recommended readings in the readings section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course features a rigorous introduction to modern cryptography, with an emphasis on the fundamental cryptographic primitives of public-key encryption, digital signatures, pseudo-random number generation, and basic protocols and their computational complexity requirements.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Software to view the .tex files on this course site can be accessed via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) and the TeX Users Group Web site.