Summary for Week 1
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Lecture 1:In this lecture we discussed the overview and schedule for the course.
Importance of information security was also discussed.
Date:Tu, 01/18/2005.
- Lecture 2: We dscussed symmetric-key cryptosystems. We discussed some classic
cryptosystems. We started discussed psuedo-random number generators and there use in
symmetric-key cryptosystems. This material was largely based on chapter 2 from the Stallings book.
Reading assignments: section 2.4 from the Stallings book.
Date:Th, 01/20/2005.