An e-Learning Web Application for Cryptography

Abstract

Cryptography is now widely applied in daily life, especially the application that you need to send sensitive data among the internet. For example, e-banking services, secure web browsing, communication via WhatsApp, hard disk encryption etc. Cryptography deals with a set of processes that enable users to store and transmit information or data while safeguarding it from attempted thefts or unauthorized use. Such that only the intended recipient can read the message. It is hard for technology evolution without cryptography since everything can be hacked easily. Cryptography is important for achieving data confidentiality, integrity, user authentication and non-repudiation. However, most of the students do not understand much on the cryptosystems and principles used behind. The website planned to offer hands-on experiences on encryption and decryption that will help teach users about basic, and more complex, cryptographic principles. User are required to solve the plaintext or ciphertext according to different situations. This paper describes the website structures and the details of its operation. The main objective of this project is to design and build a webpage for students to learn about basic cryptography in a relaxing and interesting platform. If used effectively, the website will help user to construct knowledge for themselves as well as consolidate what they have learned.