Math 98 - Winter 98

Some Term Project Suggestions

Some of these topics are quite broad, while a few are a little narrow. These are just some ideas to get you going.
Start searching the web for interesting topics. The RSA FAQ is a nice beginning.

Certificates and Authorization systems
DES
Electronic Banking and Money
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Electronic mail security (e.g. PGP )
Factoring and the Number Theory Sieve
Hash functions, and digital signatures
Historical perspectives (Cryptography in World War Two)
Netscape security
The Riemann hypothesis and primality testing
RC5, a better alternative to DES?