IT-Security
Welcome to the homepage of the lecture IT-Security.
Content
The lecture IT-Security considers the following topics:
- Public key cryptography in theory and practice
- Public key infrastructure
- Implementation security (e.g. side-channel attacks)
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- Secure electronic signatures
- E-government in Austria
- Real life scenarios + incidents:
- RFID security
- to be defined...
Exams
For the VO mark, there will be a closed book written exam (90 min)
News
Here you can find news concerning the lecture:
| Date | Remark |
|---|---|
| 2012/01/27 | The lecture will start on March, 8th, 2012 and will be held in Kopernikusgasse 24, EG, HS H (Exper. Chemie). |
| 2012/03/21 | The assignment specification is now available for download. |
Title: IT Security
Course-Number: 705.058
Lecturer: Erich Wenger, Stefan Mangard, and Karl-Christian Posch
E-Mail: email
Newsgroup: Newsgroup
TUG-Online: TUG-Online
Downloads
Here, you can download the slides and other material concerning the lecture.
View downloads »Literature
The following book covers a good introduction to cryptography. This book is available online
Nigel Smart:
Cryptograhpy, an Introduction,
Mcgraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 978-0077099879, 2002.
The Handbook of Applied Cryptography is also an excellent reference.
A.J. Menezes, P.C. van Oorschot, S.A. Vanstone:
Handbook of Applied Cryptography,
CRC-Press, ISBN 978-0849385230, 1996.
"The book" for Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Darrel Hankerson, Alfred Menezes, and Scott Vanstone:
Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography,
Springer US, 978-0387952734, 2004.
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