ST. ALOYSIUS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY[AIMIT] ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE(AUTONOMOUS) V SEM M.C.

A EXAMINATION DEC 2012 SUB CODE : P605.5 PAPER : CRYPTOGRAPHY AND NETWORK SECURITY TIME 3HRS MAX MARKS :100 Note Answer any FIVE questions. Each question carries 20 marks.

1 A Define security services, attacks, and mechanism, also 10M give classification of security services and attacks and describe them briefly B With a neat diagram explain symmetric cipher model 10M

2 A Explain playfair cipher. Discuss its encryption ,decryption 10M using the following data Plain Text: A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. KEY : Gates B Explain single columnar and double columnar transposition ciphers 10M
Discuss single columnar encryption and decryption using the following data Plain text: Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let
anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months. Key : Computer

3 A With a neat diagram discuss encryption using DES algorithm B State and prove Fermats theorem 4 A With a neat diagram explain encryption and authentication using public key cryptography B Explain the RSA algorithm and discuss the timing attacks on RSA
algorithm. Let p=7 , q=11, e=17 , M=8 perform encryption and decryption using the RSA algorithm 5 A Explain Miller-Rabin algorithm of testing of primality . Using the algorithm check whether 29 is prime or not

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B Describe Diffie Hellman Key Exchange. Let Users A and B use the Diffie-Hellman key exchange technique a common prime q=71 and a primitive root =7 i) if user A has private key XA =5 , what is As public key YA?

ii) if user B has private key XB =12 , what is Bs public key YB? iii) What is shared secret key? 6 A B 7 A B With a neat diagram explain blowfish algorithm Write a note on IP Security Architecture
Discuss the different methods of distribution of public keys. Briefly Discuss Electronic Mail Security.

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8 A Explain following terms with examples Virus, worms, Trojan horse

B What is a firewall? And With a neat diagram explain the main 10M types of firewall?

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ST. ALOYSIUS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY[AIMIT] ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE(AUTONOMOUS) V SEM M.C.A EXAMINATION DEC 2012 SUB CODE : P605.5 PAPER : CRYPTOGRAPHY AND NETWORK SECURITY TIME 3HRS MAX MARKS :100 Note Answer any FIVE questions. Each question carries 20 marks. 1 A What are the essential ingredients of a symmetric cipher? 10M

Explain with a neat diagram B Briefly explain the following terms 10M i)cryptography ii)plain text and cipher text iii)cryptology iv)cryptanalysis v)Decryption 2 B Briefly explain the hill cipher and discuss the encryption and 10M decryption of the plain text COE using the key ANOTHERBZ C Discuss encryption, decryption and cryptanalysis of the 10M following substitution ciphers 1.Caesar cipher 2.Monoalphabetic cipher 3 A With a neat diagram explain different Block Cipher modes of Operation B With a neat diagram explain simplified DES in detail 4 A What are the difference between conventional and public key encryption B What are the requirements of public key cryptography C Explain the RSA algorithm and discuss the attacks on RSA algorithm.
Let p=11, q=13, e=11, M=8 perform encryption and decryption using the RSA algorithm

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5 A State and prove Eulers theorem B Explain digital signature algorithm?

6 A With a neat diagram explain the following cipher models i) Electronic code book mode ii) Output feedback mode iii) Cipher feed back mode iv) Counter mode Write a note on B 7 A B

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i) stegnography ii) X.509 Authentication Service. Discuss the different methods of distribution of public keys.. What is a firewall? And With a neat diagram explain the main types of firewall?

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8 A Explain briefly about the trusted systems B Explain the different types of password management best practices?