Section 1.1, 1.2 and 3.1 due on 8/29

Reading about the types of keys, ciphers, attacks, and applications was very confusing, it was hard to keep track of each separate definition and description.

I thought it was very interesting that factoring is the key to a difficult to factor code. It is something we can easily do with low numbers but it becomes exponentially harder as the numbers get larger.