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For my nerwork security class we have to do a project on something Cryptography related. I've been pretty blank in terms for ideas so far, and I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations or anything. We will be able to bring a laptop to run algorithms or what have you, although I don't know a whole lot about programming. Has anyone done anything like this before? Do you have any recommendations?

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Sorry but this probably won't give you any answers. There's no single answer to this question, and the Q/A format doesn't fit suggestions. That said, demonstrate playing chess encrypted by a shared one-time pad. – Henning Klevjer Nov 9 '12 at 8:15
Chess is probably a bit over-the-top if you're not very familiar with programming. You'd probably spend longer doing the graphics and game logic than the crypto. Go for something like a messaging client with AES + HMAC-SHA256 on messages. – Polynomial Nov 9 '12 at 8:38
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Or a lightweight password manager using a master key, possibly with features like implicit password derivation. It can be console-based if the GUI would take too much time. – Thomas Nov 9 '12 at 11:03

closed as not constructive by Terry Chia, Polynomial, Jeff Ferland♦ Nov 9 '12 at 8:29

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