Speaker: Gerardo Garcia
Candidate for Bachelor’s of Arts In Computer Science
Time: 4:15 PM
Place: Trustee Hall 216
Supervisor: Dr. Richard Kopec
Title: Cryptography Investigated. Are We Secure?

Abstract: With the advent of wireless technologies, such as web-enabled phones, wireless handheld computers and laptops, as well as billions of dollars being transferred over the Internet, transaction security as provided by current cryptography standards is a source of concern. The Blowfish algorithm was implemented to test the degree of security provided by current encryption standards. Files of different sizes and types were encrypted using the algorithm, and brute force techniques were used to decrypt the file without knowledge of the file key. Government restrictions appear to be the main source of the problems with security rather than problems with the technology.