Graduation Year
2022
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Mathematics
Reader 1
Christopher Towse
Reader 2
Douglas Goodwin
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Abstract
What is security and what makes a cryptosystem secure? This thesis
explores these questions by looking at the components of a couple public-
key cryptosystems and digital signature schemes, attacks against them, and
ways of improving security.
Recommended Citation
Nichols, Maya, "Cryptography and Digital Signatures" (2022). Scripps Senior Theses. 1816.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1816
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
