MATH 4815 ADVANCED CRYPTANALYSIS

Overview of electronic cryptosystems, bitstream generation, irreducible and primitive polynomials, Galois fields,sequence complexity, the Berlekamp Massey Theorem, correlation immunity, the Likelihood Ratio Test, exponentiation ciphers, discrete logarithms, public key systems. Use of computers. Appproved: Revised 3/29/93 Prerequisite: MATH 3815 or permission of instructor. Deavours