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Using DSDM for Developing Graduate Study Based Cryptanalysis Projects

Wael Ali Hussein Saleh Aljumaily*, Sufyan T. Faraj Al-Janabi**

*-** College of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq.

Periodicity:August - October'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jcs.8.4.17105

Abstract

This work focuses on the use of an agile software development methodology namely Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) for the design and implementation of a general cryptanalysis platform for pedagogical purposes. The project is achieved by several graduate (mainly M.Sc.) student’s successive projects. Indeed, a small pilot project related to the cryptanalysis of classical ciphers is being explored. In this current version of the classical cipher cryptanalysis, only two techniques have been considered, which are brute force attack and letter frequency attack. Besides the educational benefits of expecting the information security side, as well as the other benefits of practicing with certain software development will also be investigated. Thus, the work can be considered to be under the general title of ethical hacking.

Keywords

Cryptanalysis; DSDM; Ethical Hacking; Open-ended Project; Software Engineering.

How to Cite this Article?

Aljumaily, W. A. H. S. and Al-Janabi, S. T. F. (2019). Using DSDM for Developing Graduate Study Based Cryptanalysis Projects. i-manager's Journal on Communication Engineering and Systems, 8(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.26634/jcs.8.4.17105

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