Projects for Teaching Cryptography and Network Security

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For many instructors, an important component of a cryptography or security course is a project or set of projects by which the student gets hands-on experience to reinforce concepts from the text. This book provides an unparalleled degree of support for including a projects component in the course. The instructor's manual not only includes guidance on how to assign and structure the projects, but also includes a set of suggested projects that covers a broad range of topics from the text:

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• Research projects: A series of research assignments that instruct the student to research a particular topic on the Internet and write a report

• Programming projects: A series of programming projects that cover a broad range of topics and that can be implemented in any suitable language on any platform

• Lab exercises: A series of projects that involve programming and experimenting with concepts from the book

• Writing assignments: A set of suggested writing assignments, by chapter

• Reading/report assignments: A list of papers in the literature, one for each chapter, that can be assigned for the student to read and then write a short report

See Appendix B for details.