Code: MIE-BHW Security and Hardware
Lecturer: prof. Ing. Róbert Lórencz CSc. Weekly load: 2+1 Assessment: Z,ZK
Department: 18104 Credits: 4 Semester: S
Description:
Students gain a basic knowledge in selected topics of cryptography and cryptanalysis. The module focuses particularly on elliptic curve cryptography, and on contemporary attacks on cryptographic systems. Students gain a good overview of the functionality of (hardware) cryptographic accelerators, random number generators, smart cards, and resources for securing of internal functions of computer systems.
Contents:
1. Brute-Force Attacks
2. Time-Memory Trade-Off Attacks.
3. Side-channel attacks.
4. Elliptic Curve Cryptography.
5. Efficient Implementation of Binary Field and Prime Filed Operations.
6. (Pseudo)random Number Generators.
7. Smart Cards.
Recommended literature:
1. Menezes, A., Oorschot, P., Vanstone, S. ''Handbook of Applied Cryptography''. CRC Press, 1996. ISBN 0849385237.
2. Rankl, W., Effing W. ''Smart Card Handbook''. Third Edition, Wiley, ISBN 047085668-8.
3. Ross J. Anderson, ''Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems'', Second Edition, Wiley, 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-06852-6.
4. John R. Vacca, ''Biometric Technologies and Verification Systems'', Elsevier, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7506-7967.
5. Ecks, M., ''Smartcard development with JavaCard and the OpenCard Framework: A feasibility study'', VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008, ISBN: 3836499894.
Keywords:
Cryptographic Accelerators, Random Number Generators, Smart Cards, Side-Channel Attacks