News

The exam results are finally available - see here (restricted access). Huge apologies for the inexcusable delay.

The more recent exam is now available in bilingual format (both Swedish and English).

The report on PRNG vulnerabilities in OpenBSD is available.

• The course evaluation is now open! Please go to http://evaluering.ibg.uu.se/it and fill it in - you will help improve the course for future students.
• You can find OLD exams with partial solutions, and a more recent exam without solutions. Unfortunately they are in Swedish.

• The examinations for the second lab are scheduled on March 5th and 6th. Pick a time slot in the and send a notification by email to
• The lecture on Friday March 7 is cancelled. There will be a presentation on PRNG in OpenBSD on March 13, 13.15.

Seminar presentation on Digital Rights Management from a crypto perspective, by Martin Persson and Alexander Nordfelth. Room 1311, at 10.15.

• Would you like your name in your certificate? See instructions about notarization.
• Overview updated.

Instructions for the focus assignment (writing a PM/report and presenting it to the class) have been updated. Please note the deadline for deciding a topic: one week before your presentation. Presentations will be possible on Monday March 3, 10-12, Wednesday March 5, 10-12, and Friday March 7, 8-10.

Attack description in lab 2 slightly updated/clarified.

Added a little Java code to encode and decode strings to BigIntegers: StringToNum.java.

Lab instruction slightly updated; note help code for C - help code for Java will appear soon.

Lab instructions for the second lab are now available.

New subpage on reports+presentations - YOU can edit it (if you are registered on the course).

The lab examination will take place in room 1106 on a SunRay station.

• The lecture Thursday next week (14/3 8-10) has been moved to Monday 18/3 10-12 in room 1311.
• The course book will appear in a "few copies" at Akademibokhandeln early week 8 (18-22/3), but you will get the book more quickly from an online bookshop.

The lab page is now updated with lab 1 on the Vigenère cipher

The FAQ page is now writable by registered students.

• Reading instructions for Stinson are available.
• Exercises on chapter 2 added (well, a start).

• Slides from first and second lectures are now available under the overview section.
• FAQ and first exercises added.