Varnost podatkov

Thu, 15. February 2024

TLDR: Hard but very much doable. If you have interest or experience in cryptography - 4.5/5, if not - 2/5 Intro to cryptography, from the basics to authenticated key exchange protocols. The professor explains it well, but the subject matter is pretty complex and IMO requires active weekly participation in both labs and lectures. Homework is pretty straightforward (2-5 guided programming assignments) and if you set aside 2 hours a week for it you can meet the minimum reqs (you don't really have to do everything, he'll probably accept even 40% of the assigments). 12 HW assigments, 10 is the minimum requirement. Very much recommend doing as much of them as possible (even after the deadline / in preparation for the exam) because you can paste all the code you need from them into the exam/midterm programming assignments. Exams are part theory (no literature allowed) part programming (literature and internet allowed, no ChatGPT tho). The sum has to be over 50% of points (the individual parts don't have to be 50% though). Theory is pretty basic questions about stuff from the slides and the programming part is one or two assignments that are basically (at least in my experience) copypasting from the literature/homework (you do have to know what you're doing a little though :D). Oral exam is also basic theory questions. In my experience he was kinda chill (asked me what my favorite part was and then asked questions about that). Very interesting subject for those interested in cryptography, but I definitely would not recommend it to anyone not explicitly looking for such a course.