ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Description
- Objectives and Challenges of Physical Security
- Symmetric Encryption (DES, AES) and Related Microelectronic Architectures
- Modular Arithmetic and Multiplication of Large Numbers
- Asymmetric Encryption (RSA) and Related Microelectronic Architectures
- Authentication Principle
- Random Number Generation
- Attacks via Hidden Channels
- Fouls on offense
Objectives
Acquire a basic understanding of cryptography and attacks on hardware systems that implement these algorithms.
Mandatory Prerequisites
Digital Electronics
Recommended prerequisites*:
Programming and Hardware Description Language
Course Outline
Book: "Handbook of Applied Cryptography" - http://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/hac/
Additional Information
CM: 1:30 p.m.
Practical work: 3 hours