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Paul Gestwicki
Director of Undergraduate Programs,
Computer Science Department,
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306-0450
Phone: 765-285-8641
Fax: 765-285-2614
pvgestwicki@bsu.edu


A department in the college of sciences and humanities-Computer Science
CS 457 - Applied Cryptography.

Introduction of basic principles and application of cryptography. Topics include encryption, decryption, private and public key systems, and their mathematical foundation: divisibility and Euclidean algorithm, arithmetic of congruences, and large prime numbers. Projects are implementations of related algorithms. LISP and JAVA are recommended languages. Prerequisite: CS 335.

College: Sciences & Humanities
Hours: 3
Permission: Y
Prerequisite: CS 335
Co-requisite: none