Module CS4703-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

every summer semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Computer Science 2019, , Module part
• Master Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2019, optional subject, Additionally recognized elective module
• Master CLS 2016, optional subject, computer science
• Master IT-Security 2019, optional subject, IT Security and Privacy

Classes and lectures:

• Exercise Advanced Cryptoplogy (seminar-style lectures with exercises, 1 SWS)
• Lecture Advanced Cryptoplogy (lecture, 3 SWS)

Workload:

• 20 hours exam preparation
• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 100 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Concrete security and asymptotic security: comparison of both approaches in relation to modes of operations
• Block-Ciphers: Feistel Networks, Substitution-Permutation Networks, Design Principles, Linear Cryptanalysis, Differential cryptanalysis
• Authenticated Encryption
• Secure multi-party calculations: preprocessing model, protection of algorithms against side-channel attacks, MPC-in-the-Head (for ZK evidence)
• Obfuscation: Nicht-Machbarkeit (BlackBox), Machbarkeit (indistinguishable Obfuscation)

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The participants can explain and use basic theoretic cryptographic objects
• They are able to understand current concepts of cryptography
• They show a deep understanding of cryptographic methods
• They understand the basic connection between theoretical and practical aspects of cryptography
• They are able to understand current scientific works about cryptography and explain them

Grading through:

• Written or oral exam as announced by the examiner
• written homework

Requires:

• Cryptology (CS3420-KP04, CS3420)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Eisenbarth

Teacher:

• Institute for IT Security
• Dr Sebastian Berndt

Literature:

• Katz, Lindell : Introduction to Modern Cryptography 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2014
• Cramer, Damgård, Nielsen : Secure Multiparty Computation and Secret Sharing 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 2015
• Barak : An Intensive Introduction to Cryptography Lecture Notes /li>

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

11.12.2025