Test review October 2nd

--Which topics and ideas do you think are the most important out of
those we have studied?

-- it's been interesting to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of each cipher and when they are used in real life settings. It makes the math more applicable. 

--What kinds of questions do you expect to see on the exam?

-- I'm expecting to see different plain texts and cipher texts and then being asked to decrypt them. Also I'm expecting to answer questions about the different types of encryption methods 

--What do you need to work on understanding better before the exam?

-- I'm still struggling to understand all the stuff about polynomials. I don't know how to find the generator and then how to write everything in terms of a generator.