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Today's Cryptography Quiz

Written on 30.04.25 by Eugenio Paracucchi

Dear Students,

Today's quiz will begin at 17:15 and will last 15 minutes. It will be held in the usual lecture hall.
The quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions.
Lecture notes and all electronic devices are not permitted.

Tutorial 1 new room

Written on 29.04.25 by Riccardo Zanotto

Dear Students,

Since we noticed that the room for tutorial 1 is too small, we moved it to CISPA lecture hall; it still is every Monday at 10.

Rescheduled tutorials

Written on 28.04.25 by Riccardo Zanotto

Dear Students,

Since May 1st is a holiday, we rescheduled tutorial 3 to Friday 02.05 at 10am, always in CISPA room 0.02.

Rescheduled tutorials

Written on 22.04.25 by Riccardo Zanotto

Dear students,

Tutorial 3 is rescheduled for the whole duration of the lecture to Thursdays at 12:15, in CISPA room 0.02. Please take notice.

For this week only, tutorial 2 is rescheduled to Wednesday 23.04 (tomorrow) at 12, in CISPA lecture hall.

Start of Tutorials

Written on 13.04.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,

As we did not release an exercise sheet yet, the tutorials will start in the week of the 21.04.25

Forum activated

Written on 13.04.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,
we have activated the forum and you will find it in the header bar.

Tutorial Preferences

Written on 11.04.25 by Nico Döttling

Dear Students,

Tutorial preferences should now be open. Please enter your preferences as soon as possible.

Thanks!

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Cryptography

Lecture Period

The first lecture will take place during the week starting on Monday, April 7, 2025, and the lectures will end in the week ending on Friday, July 18, 2025.

Course Overview

Instructors: Nico Döttling and Lucjan Hanzlik

This lecture will provide an introduction to the field of cryptography. Modern cryptography is the study of the design and analysis of systems with a guaranteed resilience against adversarial abuse. During the run of the course, we will cover the following topics:

Basic Concepts of Modern Cryptography
Basic Cryptanalysis
Practical Aspects of Cryptography

Lecture Times and Place

The lecture will take place in the GHH and at the following dates:

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:30
Thursday 16:00 - 17:30

For your convenience, we will make the recordings of previous iterations of lecture available in the materials section. Be aware though that several topics may change this year.

Tutorials

Dates of the tutorials will be announced here.

Quizzes

There will be 6 quizzes during the run of the course. The quizzes will be in presence at the end of a lecture. Scoring 50% of the achievable points over all quizzes will qualify you for the exam. Scoring 80% or above will earn you a 0.3 increase of your final grade given that you pass the exam.

Semesterapparat

You will find online copies of the textbooks this course is based on here

Exercise Sheets

The will be weekly exercise sheets which are not graded.

Literature

The course is based on the textbook "Introduction to Modern Cryptography" by Katz and Lindell. You can find complementary literature in the Semesterapparat.

Exams

The exams will be in person and on site. Once the dates and place are set they will be announced here.