CS409: Cryptography

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

• Describe what a discrete logarithm is.
• Explain how ElGamal signature schemes work.
• Explain how autokey identity schemes such as Schnorr, Guillou-Quisquater, and Mu-Varadharajan Cryptosystem work.
• Explain the public key infrastructure's conceptual workings.