CMSC 455 - Network Security and Cryptography

3 credits
This course covers several modern cryptographic systems, including the DES and AES encryption standards. Their applications to network security are discussed, along with issues of authentication, privacy, intruders, malicious programs and firewalls. The approach is from the theoretical side, and the mathematics of these areas is studied.

Prerequisite(s): CMSC 160, MATH 175.
Corequisite(s): None.