MA60031: Cryptography and Network Security

Prof. Sourav Mukhopadhyay

Department of Mathematics

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Lecture 1 · Introduction to Classical Cryptography	Lecture 6 · Key Management
Lecture 2 · Block Cipher and Stream Cipher	Lecture 7 · Authentication Requirements
Lecture 3 · Mathematical Background	Lecture 8 · Attacks on Cryptosystems I
Lecture 4 · The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)	Lecture 9 · Attacks on Cryptosystems II
Lecture 5 · Public Key Cryptography	Lecture 10 · Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

NOTES
The Data Encryption Standard (DES) Convential Cryptography Issues Random Numbers Mathematical Background 1 Mathematical Background II The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)	Public Key Cryptography Key Management Authentication Requirements Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Attacks on Cryptosystems

Links to relevant web sites:

· International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)

· Wikipedia Portal on Cryptography

· AES Homepage

· Rijndael Homepage

· Informative article on AES

· Handbook of Applied Cryptography in PDF format (see other useful titles below)

Links to relevant files:

· Proof of Digital Signature Standard (DSS)

· Tutorial on Linear and Differential Cryptanalysis

Recommended text:

· W. Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security - Principles and Practice. Prentice Hall, 3rd ed., 2003. ISBN 0-13-111502-2

OR

· W. Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security - Principles and Practice. Prentice Hall, 4th ed., 2006. ISBN 0-13-187316-4

· Douglas R. Stinson, Cryptography: Theory and Practice, first/second/third edition, CRC Press

Other useful titles:

· A. S.  Tanenbaum, Computer Neworks. Prentice Hall, 4th ed., 2003. ISBN 0-13-038488-7

· B. Schneier, Applied Cryptography. John Wiley & Sons, 2nd ed., 1995. ISBN 0-47-111709-9

· C. Kaufman, R Perlman, M Speciner, Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World. Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 2002.  ISBN 0-13-046019-2

· A. J. Menezes, P. C. Van Oorschot, Handbook of Applied Cryptography. CRC Press, 1996.  ISBN 0-84-938523-7

· R. Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN 0471389226

For some very good accounts on the history of cryptography see:

· D. Kahn, The Codebreakers. Scribner, Rev. ed., 1996. ISBN 0-68-483130-9

· S. Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography.  Anchor, 2000. ISBN 0385495323

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