Selected Topics in Cryptography, Spring 2004

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Author:

Ran, Rivest, Ronald Canetti

Subject:

Science and Technology

Institution Name:

M.I.T.

Collection:

MIT OpenCourseWare

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

This course will cover a number of advanced "selected topics" in the field of cryptography. The content may include, depending on the time available and student interest, topics such as: cryptographic protocols (general security definitions, composition theorems, protocols for specific tasks such as commitments and key exchange, general multi-party computation, composable notions of security for PK encryption and signatures), theory of extractors, privacy amplification, special-purpose factoring devices (and algorithms), concrete security arguments, differential cryptanalysis, public-key infrastructures, and protocols for electronic voting.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Syllabi

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0