IT-Security

Welcome to the homepage of the lecture IT-Security 2013.

Content

The lecture IT-Security considers the following topics:

• Introduction & Wireless Security
• Finite Fields & Elliptic Curve Cryptography
• RSA in theory and practice
• Diffie-Hellman & ElGamal in theory and practice
• Introduction to Physical Attacks
• Passive Physical Attacks
• Active Physical Attacks
• Key Establishment & Public Key Infrastructures
• Mobile Security
• Internet Security
• Security from a Holistic Point of View
• E-government in Austria

Exams

For the VO mark, there will be a closed book written exam (90 min)

News

As the news section is always out of date, read the newsgroup and your e-mails.

Liquid Feedback

Students are invited to give feedback throughout the year using this Google document.

Literature

The lecture is based on books and references literature. For the test, it is sufficient to study the slides and have up-to-date notes (matter handled on blackboard). In the following is a list of great books that will help you in understanding IT-Security related matter and in exceeding the lecturers knowledge. We list two great introductory books, a great book about Elliptic Curve Cryptography, and a huge Handbook of Applied Cryptography. All books are either available online or from the TUG Library: www.ub.tugraz.at.

Christof Paar, Jan Pelzl: Understanding Cryptography. A Textbook for Students and Practitioners, Springer, 978-3-642-04100-6, 2010.
Online resources can be found here.

Nigel Smart: Cryptograhpy, an Introduction, Mcgraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 978-0077099879, 2002.
This book is available online

A.J. Menezes, P.C. van Oorschot, S.A. Vanstone: Handbook of Applied Cryptography, CRC-Press, ISBN 978-0849385230, 1996.
All chapters are available online.

Darrel Hankerson, Alfred Menezes, and Scott Vanstone: Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Springer US, 978-0387952734, 2004.
Online resources can be found here.

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