An approximate schedule of topics covered each week.

Week Date Topic
1 12/14 Nov Introduction to Security
2 19/21 Nov Classical Encryption Techniques
3 26/28 Nov Block Ciphers and DES
4 3 Dec Block Ciphers and DES
5 10 Dec Modes of Operation
6 17/19 Dec Pseudo-Random Numbers
7 24/26 Dec Number Theory
8 2 Jan Review
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9 21/23 Jan Public Key Cryptography
10 28/30 Jan Public Key Cryptography
11 4/6 Feb Message Authentication
12 11/13 Feb Hash Functions
13 18/20 Feb Key Management
14 25/27 Feb Passwords
15 4/6 Mar Transport Security
Final1
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