FTS-100: Secrets, Secret Codes, and Privacy
Fall 2005

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Reading  and homework assignments, Oct. 27 - Dec. 13
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Schedule for first half

10/27

Midterm grades, J-term, using excel

10/28
Barr, 2.7
Friedman, Kasiski tests
Section 2.5,#6 explanation
 



10/31
Barr, 2.5, 2.7
Cryptanalysis of Vignere Cipher
2.5 & 2.6 homework
11/1

 cont.

11/3
Flannery, chapters 10 & 11
Graduation requirements
Graduation requirements, registration
11/4

Career Center tour

 



11/7

Functions, computational complexity Project proposals due
11/8
Barr, skim 3.1-3.3
Flannery, chapter 5, 8
Public- key cryptography
11/10

Registration appointments

11/12

Registration appointments
 



11/14
Flannery, chapter 9
RSA

11/15

cont.

11/17

Writing center
Bring proposal, rough draft of project
11/18

student work day, no class

 



11/21

Citing sources

11/22
Barr, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 RSA, cont.

 



11/28

Fast exponentiation and RSA

11/29

Euclidean algorithm and RSA

12/1

end of RSA
Project first drafts due
12/2

Project peer reviews
 



12/5
Barr, 5.2, Reserve materials from Simon Singh's book
PGP

12/6



12/7



12/8



 



12/12

Poster day
Projects due
12/13

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