The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

CSCI 6324 Cryptography

This course covers introductions to both cryptography and network security. Foundations of cryptography include block ciphers, public key encryption, key management, and hashing functions. The foundation part of network security includes an in-depth review of commonly-used security mechanisms and techniques, security threats, applications of cryptography, authentication, security protocols, web security, etc.


Credits

3

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Department of Computer Science

Offered

Every other Spring