Cryptography and Security Protocols Course for Undergraduate IT Students

摘要

This paper presents an application of active learning methodologies to teach cryptography and security protocols for undergraduate IT students. This course is offered to sophomore/junior students and is based upon the recently approved Computing Curricula CC 2001 by IEEE Computer Society/ACM taskforce. We illustrate the teaching methodology to cover the security related topics such as encryption/decryption methodologies, security and protection, cryptographic algorithms and standards, and computer crime. An example lesson covering the DES is included.