Cryptography Visualization Software Downloads

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

(Updated April 6, 2015 - Manuscripts and Evaluation Forms for SHAvisual and VIGvisual)

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. We have classroom tested these prototype systems and will further develop and enhance them for future dissemination.

Comments and suggestions are most welcome.

Tutorial

A tutorial, which is under contruction, is here.

Software

Currently six prototype systems are available: DES, AES, RSA, elliptic curves over finite field system, SHA and the Vigenère cipher.

DES visualization system: DESvisual
AES visualization system: AESvisual
Finite field elliptic curve cipher visualization system: ECvisual
RSA visualization system: RSAVisual
The SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm): SHAvisual
The Vigenère Cipher: VIGvisual

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,
ACM 43rd SIGCSE Technical Symposium, Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2012, pp. 571-576.
Click here for a PDF copy.
Jun Tao, Jun Ma, Melissa Keranen, Jean Mayo and Ching-Kuang Shene, RSAvisual: A Visualization Tool for the RSA Cipher,
ACM SIGCSE 2014 Technical Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, March 5-8, 2014, pp. 635-640.
Click here for a PDF copy.
Jun Ma, Jun Tao, Melissa Keranen, Jean Mayo and Ching-Kuang Shene, SHAvisual: A Visualization Tool for Secure Hash Algorithm,
to appear in 122nd ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 14-17, 2015.
Click here for a PDF copy.
Jun Ma, Jun Tao, Melissa Keranen, Jean Mayo and Ching-Kuang Shene, AESvisual: A Visualization Tool for the AES Cipher,
(manuscript, 2014)
Click here for a PDF copy.
Can Li, Jun Ma, Jun Tao, Melissa Keranen, Jean Mayo and Ching-Kuang Shene, VIGvisual: A Visualization Tool for the Vigenère Cipher,
to appear in 20th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 6-8, 2015.
Click here for a PDF copy.

Other Materials

Evaluation form for DESvisual: Click here
Evaluation form for ECvisual: Click here
Evaluation form for RSAvisual: Click here
Evaluation form for SHAvisual: Click here
Evaluation form for VIGvisual: Click here

Contacts

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