CMSC456

Cryptography

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Prerequisite: (CMSC106, CMSC131, or ENEE150; or equivalent programming experience); and (2 courses from (CMSC330, CMSC351, ENEE324, or ENEE380); or any one of these courses and a 400-level MATH course, or two 400-level MATH courses). Or permission of instructor. Also offered as: MATH456, ENEE456. Credit only granted for: MATH456, CMSC456, or ENEE456. The theory, application, and implementation of mathematical techniques used to secure modern communications. Topics include symmetric and public-key encryption, message integrity, hash functions, block-cipher design and analysis, number theory, and digital signatures.

Spring 2023

Dana Dachman-Soled

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.00

Lawrence Washington

31 reviews
Average rating: 4.87

Fall 2022

Daniel Gottesman

11 reviews
Average rating: 1.64

Jeffrey Adams

9 reviews
Average rating: 4.44

Nathan Manning

46 reviews
Average rating: 3.22

Spring 2022

Jonathan Katz

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.73

Jeffrey Adams

9 reviews
Average rating: 4.44

Dana Dachman-Soled

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.00

Justin Wyss-Gallifent

198 reviews
Average rating: 4.85

Past Semesters

James Schafer

8 reviews
Average rating: 3.63

Lawrence Washington

31 reviews
Average rating: 4.87

Jonathan Rosenberg

42 reviews
Average rating: 2.62

Samuel Ranellucci

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

William Gasarch

18 reviews
Average rating: 4.22

Nathan Manning

46 reviews
Average rating: 3.22

Gorjan Alagic

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.00

Charalampos Papamanthou

1 review
Average rating: 4.00

Wiseley Wong

45 reviews
Average rating: 4.71

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