Intro to Cryptography

FA2018 Week 08

crypto
intro

Meeting Summary

  • 3 key facets of crypto:
    • authenticity
    • integrity
    • availability
  • 2 sectors of crypto:
    • theoretical
    • practical
  • Asymmetric (public/private keys), symmetric (AES/DES)
  • Basic network protocols and why they are important
  • Basic math behind some of the main cryptographic schemes, such as RSA