1999-2000 Final Year Projects

Homework submission using public key cryptography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Chow K. P.( chow@csis.hku.hk)

No of students:3

Prerequisite: None

Project Type: CSIS

Description:

In order to allow students to submit their homework through the Internet, public key cryptography should be used to ensure secrecy, integrity, and authenticity. In this project, project members are required to develop a secure application that allows students to submit their homeworks through the Internet. Public key encryption will be used to ensure secrecy. Digital signature will be used to ensure authenticity. Hash function will be used to ensure integrity.