Question 1: In brief describe the given security goals given by cryptography: confidentiality, integrity, authentication and non-repudiation.
Question 2: State Kirchhoff’s Principle and describe how it relates to the cryptanalysis.
Question 3: Describe the chosen cipher text attack on the encrypted messages.
Question 4: You have intercepted a message encrypted with a Caesar cipher. The ciphertext starts with HWDUYFSFQDXNX and you know the plaintext starts with c. Find out the key and decrypt the message.
Question 5: Use Euclidean’s algorithm to compute the gcd (763, 1729).
Question 6: Construct the Playfair matrix (5 x 5) by using the keyword:
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Hence decrypt the cipher text
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Question 7: Define four kinds of network security threats.