Loyola University Chicago

Mathematics and Statistics

MATH 431: Cryptography (COMP 431)

Course Details
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: (COMP 163 or MATH 313 or MATH 201) and (COMP 125 or COMP 170 or COMP/MATH 215)
Description:  This course introduces the formal foundations of cryptography and also investigates some well-known standards and protocols, including private and public key cryptosystems, hashing, digital signatures, RSA, DSS, PGP, and related topics.