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A cryptographic programming assignment

Published: 01 October 2010 Publication History

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This note presents an assignment used in a course focusing on software security designed for CS majors. The assignment asked students to carry out various cryptographic operations using the Java programming language with the Java Cryptographic Architecture providing cryptographic functions. Several aspects of the exercise were challenging to students.

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Bouncy castle: http://www.bouncycastle.org/
[2]
Course web page: http://science.kennesaw.edu/~bsetzer/4491fa09/build/index.html

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InfoSecCD '10: 2010 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference
October 2010
187 pages
ISBN:9781450302029
DOI:10.1145/1940941
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  • KSU - CISE: KSU Center for InfoSec Education
  • ISSA: The Metro Atlanta Information Systems Security Association

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Association for Computing Machinery

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Published: 01 October 2010

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  1. encryption
  2. pedagogy

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  • ISSA

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