6.875 Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

A rigorous introduction to modern cryptography. Emphasis on the fundamental cryptographic primitives of public-key encryption, digital signatures, pseudo-random number generation, and basic protocols and their computational complexity requirements.

This class has 6.046 as a prerequisite.

6.875 will not be offered this semester. It will be available in the Spring semester, and will be instructed by S. Micali and S. Goldwasser.

Lecture occurs 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays in 4-370.

This class counts for a total of 12 credits.

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