Modern Cryptology

• Explain properties and limitations of advanced cryptographic primitives
• Discuss advanced cryptanalytic techniques of symmetric-key cryptography
• Explain advanced cryptographic functionalities such as oblivious transfer, zero knowledge or multiparty computation
• Describe cryptographic protocols which realize functionalities such as oblivious transfer, zero knowledge or multiparty computation
• Develop attacks on cryptographic algorithms
• Compare cryptographic primitives and protocols based on security and cost metrics
• Evaluate the validity of security analyses of cryptographic algorithms
• Orally present the fundamental concepts behind advanced cryptographic protocols

Fundamental and complex cryptographic primitives/protocols such as oblivious transfer, zero-knowledge, multi-party computation, fully-homomorphic encryption, garbled circuits, and the random oracle heuristic. Elements of linear cryptanalysis.

01410/02100/02101/02102/02105, Recommended prerequisites are 01410 and 01426, and it is highly recommended to attend 01410 and 01426 first.

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