This post will be continually updated as new textbook reading and homework assignments are posted.

Part 1. Protecting data confidentiality at rest

Week	Topic	Reading	Homework
1	Unpredictability	The Block Cipher Companion, Chapter 1 Encryption & Regulation, a short blog post summarizing the types of crypto we will consider and some of the laws/regulations that impact it	HW 1, due 1/27
2	Block ciphers	Serious Cryptography, Chapter 4 (pages 1-13) Read or (better) listen to NPR's Planet Money episode 773 about pseudorandomness gone wrong	HW 2, due 2/3
3	Encryption via enciphering	Serious Cryptography, Chapter 4 (pages 13-23)	HW 3, due 2/10

Part 2. Attacking data confidentiality at rest

Week	Topic	Reading	Homework
4	Side channel attacks	Systematic Classification of Side-Channel Attacks: A Case Study for Mobile Devices	HW 4, due 2/18
5	(Test on February 20)	The Block Cipher Companion, Sections 4.1 through 4.3 (everything here should be review except for CFB and OFB modes in Sec 4.2.1 and 4.2.2, which you should ignore)	None

Part 3. Adding data integrity

Week

Topic

Reading

Homework

6

Hash functions and MACs

The Hash Function BLAKE, Sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.4

HW 5, due 3/2

7

Authenticated encryption

HW 6, due 3/18

Part 4. Protecting data in transit

Week

Topic

Reading

Homework

8

Authenticated key exchange

Cryptography Made Simple, Sections 18.1-18.4.3, pages 369-385

HW 7, due 3/25

9

Signal's key ratcheting

HW 8, due 4/1

Part 5. Protecting data during use

Week	Topic	Reading	Homework
10	Protecting general computation	Secure Multiparty Computation for Privacy-Preserving Data Mining, Section 3 Optional: Secure Multiparty Computation (MPC)	HW 9, due 4/8
11	Protecting location, databases	Cryptographically Protected Database Search Optional: Anonymous Collocation Discovery	none
12	Protecting voting	End-to-end Verifiability	none [project due 4/22]

Part 6. Final topics

Week	Topic	Reading	Homework
13	Cipher design and cryptanalysis	The Block Cipher Companion, Section 6.1 (and optionally also 7.1)	HW 10, due 4/29
14	Crypto and the law	Optional: Orin Kerr's Computer Crime Law, Chapter 1	None

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