TEACHING
Modern Cryptography
Fall 2025

Schedule

  • Event
    Date
    Description
    Course Material
  • Lecture
    08/06/2025
    Wednesday
    Basic Understanding of Cryptography
    [slide]

    Suggested Readings:

  • Lecture
    08/07/2025
    Thursday
    Private key encyption scheme - basic setup (i)
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

  • Lecture
    08/08/2025
    Friday
    Private key encyption scheme - basic setup (ii)
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

  • Lecture
    08/13/2025
    Wednesday
    Historical Ciphers
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Chapter 2 of "Cryptography: Theory and Practice" by Douglas R. Stinson.
  • Lecture
    08/14/2025
    Thursday
    Cryptanalysis of Historical Ciphers
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Chapter 2 of "Cryptography: Theory and Practice" by Douglas R. Stinson.
  • Lecture
    08/20/2025
    Wednesday
    Mathematical Prerequisites
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Any Algebra book recommended for the undergraduate level.
  • Lecture
    08/21/2025
    Thursday
    Mathematical Prerequisites Continued.
    [slides(same as prev. lec.)]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Any Algebra book recommended for the undergraduate level.
  • Lecture
    08/22/2025
    Friday
    Private Key Encryption Schemes & Perfect Secracy
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    08/27/2025
    Wednesday
    Private Key Encryption Schemes & Perfect Secracy contunued..
    [slides(same as prev. lec.)]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    08/28/2025
    Thursday
    Computational Indistinguishability in the preseance of eavesdropper
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    08/29/2025
    Friday
    Pseudorandomness and Pseudorandom Generator
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    09/04/2025
    Thursday
    Stonger Security Notions and PRF
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    09/10/2025
    Wednesday
    Construction of CPA-secure encryption schemes
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    09/11/2025
    Thursday
    Modes of Operations of Block Cipher
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    09/12/2025
    Friday
    CCA Security
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    09/17/2025
    Wednesday
    Padding Oracle Attack
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell: Introduction to Modern Cryptography (textbook)
  • Lecture
    09/18/2025
    Thursday
    Design Principles of Block Ciphers (AES)
    [slides] [Alfred's slides] [FIPS 197]

    Suggested Readings:

    • FIPS 197 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
  • Lecture
    09/19/2025
    Friday
    Design Principles of Block Ciphers (AES)- Recap
    [same as prev. slides] [Alfred's slides] [FIPS 197]

    Suggested Readings:

    • FIPS 197 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
  • Lecture
    09/19/2025
    Friday
    Design Principles of Block Ciphers (AES)..
    [same as prev. slides] [Alfred's slides] [FIPS 197]

    Suggested Readings:

    • FIPS 197 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
  • Lecture
    10/08/2025
    Wednesday
    Hash Functions
    [slides (thanks Alfred)]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Hash Functions: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/09/2025
    Thursday
    Generic Attacks on Hash Functions
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Hash Functions: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/09/2025
    Thursday
    Concrete Construction of Hash Functions
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Hash Functions: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/15/2025
    Wednesday
    Message Integrity and Authenticated Encryption
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Message authentication codes: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/16/2025
    Thursday
    Message Integrity and GSM Security
    [slides] [prev slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Message authentication codes: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/17/2025
    Friday
    Galois Counter Mode
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Message authentication codes: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/23/2025
    Thursday
    Issue of key management and exchange in Secret key cryptography
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Public-key cryptography: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/23/2025
    Thursday
    Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Protocol in PKC
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Public-key cryptography: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/29/2025
    Wednesday
    Public Key Encryption Schemes
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Public-key cryptography: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/30/2025
    Thursday
    Public Key Encryption Schemes- RSA
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Public-key cryptography: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    10/31/2025
    Friday
    Digital Signature Schemes
    [slides]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Public-key cryptography: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-building-blocks/
  • Lecture
    11/06/2025
    Thursday
    Digital Certificates
    [slides] [Alfred's Lecture on PKI] [Alfred's Lecture on TLS]

    Suggested Readings:

    • Real-World Deployments: https://cryptography101.ca/crypto101-deployments/