NDLI: An encryption system in assembly language:a game-like project for novice programmers

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Goulding, Tom
Abstract	This case study discusses the incorporation of encryption systems development into the educational journey of undergraduate computer science or game development majors. We discuss the experience of first semester Daniel Webster College sophomores who attempted to develop the German WWII ENIGMA encryption system in assembly language. By incorporating a real world encryption system project into a beginning computer architecture class students become deeply immersed in numbering systems, hardware logic design, operating system services and, of course instruction set architectures. Of necessity, they also must refine and develop their programming skills to an extraordinary degree. During the past seven years we have found that most students can develop a complete software version of the complex and amazing ENIGMA encryption system. We outline in this paper the strategy that seems to lead to a successful outcome for most students.
Starting Page	40
Ending Page	44
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00978418
DOI	10.1145/1709424.1709442
Journal	ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (SGCS)
Volume Number	41
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1978-02-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Computer architecture Independent study Game development Rapid development methodologies Encryption systems Software engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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An encryption system in assembly language:a game-like project for novice programmers