Introduction to Cryptography and Security Mechanisms: Exercises

The following exercises provide activities, issues and questions that relate to the lecture in the corresponding week. Some of the questions are open ended and do not have simple answers. Attempting them will enhance your understanding of the lecture material.

Please do not hand in written solutions to all these exercises. You will be given several opportunities during the term to hand in answers to some specific exercises in order to obtain formative feedback on your progress on the module. Details concerning this process will be provided.

If you wish to further pursue issues arising from these exercises then you can:

If you are having specific problems then it is also possible to make an appointment to discuss them directly with me.

Exercises will normally appear on this page each week after the lecture has taken place.