Michael King, Joe Muller, and Dylan Field will be presenting on the subject of encryption as it applies to e-mail security.

Do you ever wonder how the messages you send over the internet are secure? Speakers will give a brief introduction to cryptography using RSA; an overview of PGP and how it is used to secure communication over the internet; and an overview of hash functions (with MD5 algorithm as an example) used for password protection and message integrity. This is a student project from the Fall 2007 Math 485 class (Introduction to Cryptography).

The presentation will be at Wednesday November 5 at 4:00 PM in Darwin 103. Come early (3:45) for coffee and cookies. Pizza will be provided after the talk.

Visit the Math Colloquium page for more information about the weekly Math colloquiums.