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Cryptography & Network Security (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
Hyderabad)
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Class:Btech(III/II sem)
Batch :2024
Subject:Crytography and network Security
Question Bank
Unit-I
Part-A (2 Marks)
1. What are the types of attacks on encrypted message?
2. What is cryptanalysis and cryptography?
3. What are the key principles of security?
4. How does simple columnar transposition work?
5. What is avalanche e昀昀ect?
6. De昀椀ne threat and attack.
7. Give any four names of substitution techniques.
8. Specify the four categories of security threads.
9. Distinguish active and passive attack with example .
10. Compare stream cipher and block cipher with example.
11. How many keys are required for two people to communicate via a cipher?
12. What are the two approaches to attacking a cipher?
13. Compare Substitution and Transposition techniques.
14. De昀椀ne Euler’s totient function or phi function and their applications.
16. De昀椀ne Euler’s theorem and it’s application.
17. What is the di昀昀erence between di昀昀usion and confusion?
18. What is the advantage and disadvantage of one time pad encryption
algorithm?
Part-B (16 Marks)
1. (i) Discuss any four Substitution Technique and list their merits and demerits.
(10)
(ii) Explain in detail Transposition Technique? (6)
2. Write short notes on
(i). Security attacks (8)
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(ii). Security services. (8)
3. (i) Convert “MEET ME” using Hill cipher with the key matrix
Convert the cipher text back to plaintext (8)
4. (i) Brie昀氀y explain the design principles of block cipher. (8) (ii) Discuss in detail
block cipher modes of operation. (8)
Unit-II
Part-A (2 Marks)
1 Perform encryption and decryption using RSA Algorithm. for the following.
P=7; q=11; e=17; M=8.
3. What is the purpose of the Sub Bytes?
4. What is the di昀昀erence between Sub Bytes and Sub Word?
5. Mention any one technique of attacking RSA.
6. List four general characteristics of schema for the distribution of the public
key.
7. What is the purpose of the S-boxes in DES?
8. What primitive operation is used in RC4?
9. What is the role of session key in public key schemes?
10. What is the purpose of the State array?
11. How is the S-box constructed?
12. If a bit error occurs in plain text block b1, how far does the error propagate
in CBC mode of DES.?
Part-B (16 Marks)
1. (i) Identify the possible threats for RSA algorithm and list their counter
measures. (8)
(ii) Perform decryption and encryption using RSA algorithm with p=3, q=11, e=7
and N=5. (8)
2. (i) Draw the general structure of DES and explain the encryption
decryption process. (10)
(ii) Mention the strengths and weakness of DES algorithm. (6)
3. (i) Explain the generation sub key and S Box from the given 32-bit key by
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Blow昀椀sh. (8) (ii) In AES, how the encryption key is expanded to produce keys for
the 10 rounds(8)
4. (i) Describe about RC4 algorithm. (8
Unit-III
Part-A (2 Marks)
1. User A and B exchange the key using Di昀케e-Hellman algorithm. Assume α=5
q=11 XA=2 XB=3. Find the value of YA, YB and k.
2. What are the properties a digital signature should have?
3. What is masquerading?
4. De昀椀ne weak collision property of a hash function.
5. Why is SHA more secure than MD5?
6. Mention the fundamental idea of HMAC.
7. De昀椀ne the one way property to be possessed by any hash function.
8. What is the block size of MD5 and how many bits are produced as the
message digest?
9. What are the functions used to produce an authenticator?
10. List the properties a digital signature should possess.
11. What do you meant by hash function?
12. Di昀昀erentiate MAC and Hash function.
13. List any three hash algorithm.
14. What are the requirements of the hash function?
15. What is the role of compression function in hash function?
16. Distinguish between direct and arbitrated digital signature?
17. What is Birthday attack?
Part-B (16 Marks)
1. (i) Brie昀氀y explain Di昀케e Hellman key exchange with an example. (16)
2. (i) Write and explain the digital signature algorithm. (8) (ii) Explain in detail
Hash Functions. (8)
3. (i) Compare the Features of SHA-1 and MD5 algorithm. (8)
(ii) Discuss about the objectives of HMAC and it security features. (8)
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4. Users A and B use the Di昀케e Hellman key exchange technique, a common
prime q=11 and a primitive root alpha=7.
(i) If user A has private key XA=3.What is A’s public key YA? (4)
(ii) If user B has private key XB=6 What is B’s public key YB? (4) (iii) What is the
shared secret key? Also write the algorithm. (4)
(iv) How man in middle attack can be performed in Di昀케e Hellman algorithm.(4)
5. (i) Explain in detail EIGamal Public key cryptosystem. (8)
(ii) Discuss clearly Secure Hash Algorithm(SHA) (8)
6. Describe the MD5 message digest algorithm with necessary block diagrams.
(16)
Unit-IV
Part-A (2 Marks)
1. What are the services provided by PGP services?
2. What is X.509 Standard?
3. Give IPSEC ESP Format.
4. What are the security options PGP allows when sending an email message?
5. How IPSec does o昀昀er the authentication and con昀椀dentiality services?
6. What is the role of Ticket Granting Server in inter realm operations of
Kerberos?
7. Why the leading two octets of message digest are stored in PGP message
along with encrypted message digest?
8. Mention the scenario where Kerberos scheme is preferred.
9. What are the technical de昀椀ciencies in the Kerberos version 4 protocols?
10. De昀椀ne S/MIME.
11. What are the key algorithms used in S/MIME?
12. What are the headers 昀椀elds de昀椀ne in MIME?
13. What are the function areas of IP security?
14. Give the application of IP security.
15. Specify the IP security services.
16. What is meant by SET? What are the features of SET?
17. What are the steps involved in SS L required protocol?
18. Draw the general format for PGP message.
19. Draw the header format for an ISAKMP message.
20. What is man in the middle attack?
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21. What do you meant by Reply Attack?
Part-B (16 Marks)
1. How does PGP provide con昀椀dentiality and authentication service for e-mail
and 昀椀le storage applications? Draw the block diagram and explain its
components. (16)
2. Write Short notes on S/MIME .
3. Explain the architecture of IP Security (16)
4. (i) Describe the SSL Speci昀椀c protocol – Handshake action in detail. (8)
(ii) Explain Secure Electronic transaction with neat diagram. (8)
5. (i) What is Kerberos? Explain how it provides authenticated service. (8)
(ii)Explain the format of the X.509 certi昀椀cate. (8)
Unit-V
Part-A (2 Marks)
1. What is meant by polymorphic viruses?
2. What are honey pots?
3. List down the four phases of virus.
4. What is IP address spoo昀椀ng?
5. What are the common techniques used to protect a password 昀椀le?
6. What services are provided by IP Sec?
7. What is the role of bastion host?
8. List the classes of intruders
9. De昀椀ne virus. Specify the types of viruses.
10. List the design goals of 昀椀rewalls.
11. What is application level gateway?
12. What does meant by a trusted system?
Part-B (16 Marks)
1. (i) Explain any two approaches for intrusion detection. (8) (i) Identify a few
malicious programs that need a host program for their existence.(8)
2. (i) Explain 昀椀rewalls and how they prevent intrusions. (8) (ii)List and Brief, the
di昀昀erent generation of antivirus software (8)
3. (i) De昀椀ne intrusion detection and the di昀昀erent types of detection
mechanisms, in detail. (8)
4. (i)Explain the types of Host based intrusion detection. List any two IDS
software available. (8)
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(ii) What are the positive and negative e昀昀ects of 昀椀rewall? (8)
5. (i) Describe packet 昀椀ltering router in detail. (16)
6. Describe the familiar types of 昀椀rewall con昀椀gurations. (16)
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