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B.Sc Computer Science and Information Technology

Institute of Science and Technology, TU

Cryptography (CSC327)

Year Asked: 2082, syllabus wise question

Authentication
1.
Define authentication system. Discuss about challenge response system. [5]
Cryptographic Hash Functions and Digital Signatures
1.
Describe the properties of hash functions. Discuss how hash value is generated using SHA-1 algorithm. [10]
2.
Describe the working mechanism of digital signature algorithm. [5]
Introduction and Classical Ciphers
1.
Describe the Feistel Cipher structure. Given the key {2B, 7E, 15, 16, 28, AE, D2, A6, AB, F7, 97, 66, 01, 02, 03, 04}, compute the first 4 byte of next key after first iteration, using the following S-Box in AES.

$\begin{array}{c|cccccccccccccccc} \text{S-Box} & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & A & B & C & D & E & F \\ \hline 0 & 63 & 7C & 77 & 7B & F2 & 6B & 6F & C5 & 30 & 01 & 67 & 2B & FE & D7 & AB & 76 \end{array}$
[10]
2.
Given the key "HELLOWORLD", encrypt the plaintext "TURINGTEST" using Play fair cipher. [5]
3.
Decrypt the ciphertext 'HI' using Hill Cipher where the key is.

$\text{Ciphertext: HI, Key: } \begin{bmatrix} 5 & 3 \\ 4 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$
[5]
Malicious Logic
1.
Describe any three types of malicious logic. [5]
Network Security and Public Key Infrastructure
1.
List and explain the types of firewall. [5]
2.
What is digital certificate? Discuss the certificate life cycle. [5]
Symmetric Ciphers
1.
Illustrate the man in middle attack in Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol. Assume the prime number be 19 and 10 as its primitive root. Select 5 as private key and 4 as random integer. Find the cipher text of M = 2 using Elgamal crypto system. [10]
2.
Explain any two modes of block cipher encryption. [5]
3.
State Fermat's theorem with example. What is the implication of discrete logarithm? [5]