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Course Title

Nonlinear Feedback Shift Registers

Course Code

IAM 709

Credit

(3-0)3

Outline

  • Introduction to Nonlinear Feedback Shift Registers.
  • Boolean Functions and their Properties.
  • Properties of Nonlinear Feedback Shift Registers, their Periods, Linear Complexities and Nonlinear Complexities.
  • Characterizations of Nonlinear Feedback Shift Registers.
  • Designing stream ciphers using NFSRs.
  • Cryptanalysis of stream ciphers using NFSR.

Suggested Textbooks

  • Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone: Handbook of Applied Cryptography. CRC Press, 1996