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Update on the Re-Exam Inspection

Written on 29.09.19 by Nico Döttling

The Re-Exam Inspection will begin at 14:00 and we will wait at least until 14:30. If no-one shows up anymore we will quit the inspection.

Re-Exam inspection

Written on 18.09.19 by Nico Döttling

The re-exam inspection will be on Monday 30.09 14:00 in CISPA 0.07

Results of the Re-Exam are out

Written on 13.09.19 by Nico Döttling

We just published the results of the re-exam. You may have gotten two mails. Due to a configuration error the first one may have not shown a grade. In case of doubt check your CMS page

Seating Plan for the Re-Exam

Written on 10.09.19 by Nico Döttling

The seating plan for the re-exam has been uploaded. You can find it in materials

Re-Exam 12.09.19 at 13:00

Written on 10.09.19 by Nico Döttling

The Re-Exam is this Thursday (12.09.19) at 13:00 in the Günther-Hotz Hörsaal (no second location). Make sure to be there 10 minutes earlier. We will post the seating plan later today.

Registration for Re-Exam

Written on 23.08.19 by Nico Döttling

We've opened the registration for the re-exam on this site. You can register until 09.09.19. Don't forget to also register in HISPOS (otherwise you cannot write the exam)

Wrong grading scale in CMS by students who did not participate the exam

Written on 12.08.19 (last change on 12.08.19) by Nico Döttling

It seems that students who did no participate the exam are shown the wrong grading scale. We currently do not know how to fix this. Please disregard this if you didn't participate the exam

Update: This issue has been fixed

 

Grades and Statistics on your CMS page

Written on 12.08.19 by Nico Döttling

You should now be able to see your grades and statistics on your CMS page. You can see the (correct) statistics by clicking on "Main Exam"

Flawed Statistics in Exam Mail

Written on 12.08.19 by Nico Döttling

We were notified that in the exam notification mail you saw a flawed statistic about average points/passing. In this statistic even students who were not writing the exam were taking into account. We will soon resend this mail to give you a proper feedback about the exam statistics.

Exam Inspection (Klausureinsicht) Date and Location

Written on 12.08.19 by Nico Döttling

The exam inspection will take place Monday the 19.08.19 from 12:00 - 16:00 at room 0.07 in the CISPA building

Results of the main exam

Written on 09.08.19 by Nico Döttling

You should have gotten a mail with your score and grade in the main exam. We will announce a date and location for the exam inspection (Klausureinsicht) next week. There will be two dates.

Seating Plans uploaded

Written on 07.08.19 by Nico Döttling

Please find the seating plans for the main exam in the materials. Last name A-N are in GHH, last name O-Z are in MatheHS 1. Make sure you find your name in the correct lecture hall.

 

Bring your student ID for the exam!

Written on 07.08.19 by Nico Döttling

Don't forget to bring your student ID for the exam tomorrow!

Exam is on Thursday 08.08.19

Written on 05.08.19 by Nico Döttling

Because of an earlier typing mistake we repeat it here once more: The exam is on Thursday 08.08.19 at 9:00. Be at your assigned location at 8:40. Thank you!

Exam Locations and Modalities

Written on 05.08.19 (last change on 05.08.19) by Nico Döttling

Correction: In an earlier notification to was stated that the exam is on Friday, but it is on Thursday

Your exam location is assigned on a last-name basis. Last names starting with

  • A - M will take the exam at the Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal (same location as lecture)
  • O - Z will take the exam at HS… Read more

Correction: In an earlier notification to was stated that the exam is on Friday, but it is on Thursday

Your exam location is assigned on a last-name basis. Last names starting with

  • A - M will take the exam at the Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal (same location as lecture)
  • O - Z will take the exam at HS I in E2 5

The exam starts on Thursday 9:00 straight. Be sure to be at your assigned location at least (!!!) 20 minutes ahead of time, that is at 8:40. We will not permit entry at 9:00 or later.

You are allowed to use a cheat sheet that consists of a single A4 sheet front and back. Cheat sheets will be checked by the exam supervisors.

Any (real) cheating attempt, in particular the use of a smartphone, will lead to immediate failure in the exam.

 

Award Ceremony and Q&A Session

Written on 15.07.19 (last change on 15.07.19) by Nico Döttling

Today was the last lecture, on Wednesday 17.07.19 we will have the award ceremony for our bonus exercise challenge and a Q&A session (last opportunity to ask me questions before the exam, I will be on a business trip and then vacations and not answer emails or askbot)

Extras for Audience

Written on 10.07.19 (last change on 10.07.19) by Nico Döttling

As mentioned today, next Tuesday the 16.07.2019 at 15:45 in the CISPA lecture hall, a film crew will come to CISPA film shots for an image film. If you are willing to see yourself in such a film, we would really appreciate if you could come and be the audience for a talk which will be (partially)… Read more

As mentioned today, next Tuesday the 16.07.2019 at 15:45 in the CISPA lecture hall, a film crew will come to CISPA film shots for an image film. If you are willing to see yourself in such a film, we would really appreciate if you could come and be the audience for a talk which will be (partially) filmed! Thank you!

Exam Registration

Written on 08.07.19 by Nico Döttling

We opened the registration for the main exam (08.08.19). Please sign up until 03.08.19

Cheat Sheet for Exam

Written on 24.06.19 (last change on 25.06.19) by Nico Döttling

Due to popular demand, we will allow the use of a cheat sheet consisting of two A4 pages in the exams

Update: To be totally unambiguous, two A4 pages means 1 A4 sheet (front + back), we will only allow hand-written sheets.

Exercise Sheet 8 updated

Written on 12.06.19 by Nico Döttling

We updated exercise sheet 8 to explain the notation ||N|| which denotes the bit-length of an integer N

Solutions to Exercise 5.3

Written on 11.06.19 by Nico Döttling

Some people in the audience noticed that the solution provided for exercise 5.3 did not fulfill the constraints as set by the exercise (namely the PRF key having to be of length \lambda). We set this constraint by mistake which made the exercise harder than intended. Nevertheless, we just uploaded a… Read more

Some people in the audience noticed that the solution provided for exercise 5.3 did not fulfill the constraints as set by the exercise (namely the PRF key having to be of length \lambda). We set this constraint by mistake which made the exercise harder than intended. Nevertheless, we just uploaded a solution for the exercise in the way it was phrased. Thanks to everyone who spotted this bug!

Exercise Sheet 08

Written on 10.06.19 by Nico Döttling

Since we covered less material than usual last week, exercise sheet 8 only features 2 regular exercise (plus a bonus exercise).

Proofs for Lagrange and Chinese Remaindering

Written on 03.06.19 by Nico Döttling

For your convenience, I have added the proofs for the theorem of Lagrange and the Chinese Remaindering Theorem to the slides.

No Lecture on Monday 20.05.19

Written on 15.05.19 by Nico Döttling

There will be no lecture next Monday (20.05.19)

Bonus Points for Bonus Exercises

Written on 15.05.19 by Nico Döttling

From now on if you solve the bonus exercise (exercise 4), you will receive up to 4 bonus points.

"Not Registered"

Written on 12.05.19 by Nico Döttling

Everyone, please disregard the "not registered" label next to your exercise sheets.

Exercise Sheet 2 has been released

Written on 29.04.19 by Nico Döttling

The assignment is due Monday, 06.05.19 at 20:00

Tutorial Assignment

Written on 22.04.19 by Nico Döttling

We have not yet assigned students to tutorials. Due to high demand of one particular slot we will move another tutorial to this slot. Once we have confirmation that another room is available for this slot, you will be assigned to a tutorial.

Exercise Sheet 01 released

Written on 22.04.19 by Nico Döttling

Exercise Sheet 01 has been released. It will be due Monday 29.04.19

Accessing the Online-Library (Semesterapparat)

Written on 18.04.19 by Nico Döttling

I have heard from a few students that they had trouble accessing the the online version of the course textbook by Katz and Lindell through our online-library (Semesterapparat). I have reached out to the library administration and they could sort things out:

  • To access the online library for this… Read more

I have heard from a few students that they had trouble accessing the the online version of the course textbook by Katz and Lindell through our online-library (Semesterapparat). I have reached out to the library administration and they could sort things out:

Tutorial Preferences

Written on 16.04.19 by Nico Döttling

Please start entering your tutorial preferences.

Exam Dates

Written on 16.04.19 by Nico Döttling

The first exam will be Thursday, 08.08.19 at 9:00

The second exam will be Thursday, 12.09.19 at 13:00

Added Askbot

Written on 15.04.19 by Nico Döttling

As by popular request, we have added an Askbot to this site

First Lecture Monday the 15.04.19

Written on 07.04.19 by Nico Döttling

The first lecture will take place on Monday the 15.04.19

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Cryptography

Cryptography studies the design of distributed systems with resilience against arbitrary adversarial abuse. What makes this task challenging is that at the time a scheme is designed, it is not yet known how an attack may look like or what resources are available to an adversary.

This course is an introduction into modern cryptography and covers fundamental concepts such as

  • Security models and security proofs
  • Information-theoretic and computational security
  • Pseudorandomness
  • Private Key Encryption
  • Authentication
  • Public Key Encryption
  • Signature Schemes
  • Zero-Knowledge Proofs
  • Basic Multiparty Computation Protocols

Location and Time: Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal Monday 10.00 - 12.00 and Wednesday 14.00 - 16.00

Supplementary Material:

  • Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Second Edition; Authors Jonathan Katz, Yehuda Lindell; Publisher Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security Series  Edition 2, revised Publisher CRC Press, 2014 ISBN 1466570261, 9781466570269

  • Foundations of Cryptography: Basic Tools; Author Oded Goldreich; Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001 ISBN 1461949173, 

Link to the Semesterapparat is here

Exams

The dates for the exams are as follows.

  • First Exam: Thursday, 08.08.19 at 9:00. 
     

    Your exam location is assigned on a last-name basis. Last names starting with
    A - M will take the exam at the Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal (same location as lecture)
    O - Z will take the exam at HS I in E2 5

    Be sure to be at your assigned location at least (!!!) 20 minutes ahead of time, that is at 8:40We will not permit entry at 9:00 or later.

    The exam inspection will take place the 19.08.19 from 12:00 - 16:00 at room 0.07 in the CISPA building

  • Second Exam: Thursday, 12.09.19 at 13:00

You will have 120 minutes time in the exams. You may bring a cheat sheet consisting of two hand-written A4 pages (which means one A4 sheet front and back).

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