Summary for Week 9
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Lecture 14: We finished our disucssion on hash functions. We also discussed
digital signature schemes. Specifically, we discussed the digital signature algorithm
(DSA) and discussed similarities between DSA and the Elgamal encryption algorithm.
Date: Tu, 03/15/2005..
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Lecture 15: We started discussing authentication algorithms. We discussed
that there are two types of authentication algorithms: symmetric and public-private
key pair. We discussed authentication protocol by Needham Schroeder and two other protocols.
Date: Th, 03/17/2005.