Understanding Cryptology: Cryptanalysis

This is a class for those who want to stop learning about building cryptographic systems and want to attack them. This course is a mixture of lectures designed to introduce students to a variety of code-breaking techniques and python labs to solidify those concepts. Unlike its sister class, Core Concepts, math is necessary for this topic. Don't have a math degree? A basic understanding of algebra is sufficient - the mathematical principles that are necessary for understanding are included in the lecture. Knowledge of programming is also necessary, and knowledge of python is very helpful. The class covers: 

• Intro to attacks using human-computable crypto
• Number theory and abstract algebra primer
• Factoring attacks
• Attacks on RSA
• Discrete logarithm attacks
• Symmetric system constructs
• Generic attacks
• Linear cryptanalysis
• Differential cryptanalysis
• Integral cryptanalysis on reduced AES