Cryptography Visualization Software Downloads

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This page will be updated soon to include more information and software updates

This page has our most recent work in developing a visualization system for an introductory cryptography course. All systems are available for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Currently, they are separate and independent systems; however, in the final product, they will be integrated into one large visualization system and a programming environment. We have classroom tested these prototype systems and will further develop and enhance them for future dissemination.

Comments and suggestions are most welcome.

Software

Currently three prototype systems are available: DES, RSA and elliptic curves over finite field system.

DES visualization system: DESvisual
RSA visualization system: RSAVisual
Finite field elliptic curve cipher visualization system: ECvisual

Publications

Jun Tao, Jun Ma, Melissa Keranen, Jean Mayo and Ching-Kuang Shene, DESvisual: A Visualization Tool for the DES Cipher,
Journal of Computing Science in Colleges,
Vol. 27 (2011), No. 1 (October), pp. 81-89.
Click here for a PDF copy.
Jun Tao, Jun Ma, Melissa Keranen, Jean Mayo and Ching-Kuang Shene, ECvisual: A Visualization Tool for Elliptic Curve Based Ciphers,
(to appear in ACM SIGCSE 2012 Technical Symposium, 2012)
Click here for a PDF copy.

Other Materials

Evaluation form for DES visualization: Click here
Evaluation form for finite field elliptic curve cipher visualization: Click here

Contacts

Dr. Melissa Keranan (Mathematics)
Dr. Jean Mayo (Computer Science)
Dr. Ching-Kuang Shene (Computer Science)