Update: May 28
Special memorial day Homework 8 is available. Also, There is a quiz this Friday, June 1. The quiz will focus on the latter part of Information Theory (spurious keys and unicity distance, entropy of English, etc.) and Public Key Cryptography (RSA, discrete logs, ElGamal, factoring, primality testing, Diffie-Hellman, etc.)
The Computer Assignment is due Friday June 1 by midnight. Please remember to play around with the applets in the programs section of the website before tackling the computer assignment. There you will find detailed instructions about using the applets to break the various cryptosystems.
Update: May 20
Homework 7 is up. Also, don’t forget about the encrypted email assignment. It counts as a quiz.
Update: May 14
Homework 6 is up now. It’s a short assignment this week. Also, there will be no class this Friday, May 18.
Update: May 6
Homework 5 is available. There will also be a quiz on Friday May 11th.
Update: May 4
The computer assignment is now online. It’s due June 1st. Log in and get your cryptanalysis on.
Update: May 1
Jason is gone for the next 2 weeks. In his place, Gregg Musiker will hold his sections. Gregg has also agreed to hold office hours this and next Friday (May 4th & 11th) from 1-2pm in AP&M 6436.
Update: April 29
Homework 4 is available in the handouts section.
Update: April 22
Homework 3 has been posted. Enjoy! Also, there will most likely be a quiz on Friday April 27.
Update: April 17
TA Danny McAllaster has written a Windows program to assist in breaking Caesar and monoalphabetic ciphers. It is available from the handouts section.
Update: April 15
The second homework assignment is posted. You can get it in the handouts section.
Update: April 9
The first homework assignment is posted. Check the handouts section of the website to find it.
