IEMS5710B Cryptography, Info. Security and Privacy
(2^nd Trimester, 2023-24)

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• Instructor: Sherman S. M. Chow (firstname [at] cuhk.edu.hk)
• Teaching Assistant: Andes Kei (andeskyl258 [at] link.cuhk.edu.hk)
• Time: 6:45pm - 9:30pm Wednesday
• Venue: LT3, ELB -- Esther Lee Building
• Class Composition: MSc(ISTM)

Tentative Workload:

1. Class Participation [5%] (please download uReply)
2. "Lab" Assignment [5%]
   (Due: December 19^th 2023 11:59pm HK Time)
   
3. Two Individual Written Assignments [30%]
4. Mid-Term Exam [25%]
5. Final Exam [35%]

Class Schedule:

1. 6/12: 0. Logistics, 1. Overview
2. 13/12: Overview (cont.), 2. One-time Pad
   
3. 20/12: OTP (cont.)
   
4. 27/12: 3. Pseudorandom Generator
5. 3/1: 4. Pseudorandom Function
6. 10/1: 5. Mode of Operation
   Chosen-Ciphertext Attacks
7. 17/1: 6. Message Authentication Code, Hash Function
   (the end of mid-term exam scope)
   
8. 24/1: 7. RSA
   [Written Assignment 1 released]
9. 31/1: 8. Diffie-Hellman and Public-Key Encryption
   9. KDC vs. PKI, Access Control
10. 7/2: Mid-term Examination
11. 21/2: 10. DNS Security, Database Security
12. 28/2: 11. Web Security, Privacy, Closing Remarks (Security Principles)
    [Written Assignment 2 released]
13. 13/3: Final Examination [18:45-21:30, LT3, ELB]