COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Midterm Assessment Spring 2021 Semester

Class Id 106272/106273/106316/106407 Course Title Cryptography
Program BS/MCS Campus / Shift Main Campus
th
Date 13 – March 2021 Total points 40
Dr. Maaz Bin Ahmed / Yusra
Duration 02 hours Faculty Name
Mansoor
Student Id Student Name

Instructions:
• Filling out Student-ID and Student-Name on exam header is mandatory.
• Do not remove or change any part of exam header or question paper.
• Write down your answers in given space or at the end of exam paper with proper title “Answer
for Question# _ _”.
• Answers should be formatted correctly (font size, alignment and etc)
• Handwritten text or image should be on A4 size page with clear visibility of contents.
• Only PDF format is accepted (Student are advise to install necessary software)
• In case of CHEATING, COPIED material or any unfair means would result in negative marking
or ZERO.
 A mandatory recorded viva session will be conducted to ascertain the quality of answer scripts
where deemed necessary.

 Caution: Duration to perform Midterm Assessment is 02 hours only. Extra 01 hour is given to
cater all kinds of odds in submission of Answer-sheet. Therefore, if you failed to upload
answer sheet on LMS (in PDF format) within 03 hours limit, you would be considered as
ABSENT/FAILED.

 Naming convention should be SID-Name-CID. Ex: 57616-Yusra-106272.pdf.

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Question # 1 [8 Marks]
Use your C-NIC number to create first thirteen numbers of the initial key for AES cipher in sequence. Use last three
digits of your student-ID as the last three numbers of the key. All of these values are in decimal. Complete the initial
key and expand it to find round-1 key (i.e. K1)

Question # 2 [12 Marks]

The CT produced after applying S-DES on a block of PT is 11110000. The round keys used during encryption for
both rounds are binary values of first and last letter of your first-name respectively. Find the corresponding plain
text.

Question # 3 [8 Points]
How a cipher can be judged whether it is a good cipher or not? First enlist what parameters would you select to
judge it. Second, on the basis of these parameters find whether the DES is a good cipher or not by giving proper
justifications. Also explain how modes of ciphers are related with it.

Question # 4 [6 Points]
Encrypt the full name of your father using Play-fair cipher. Take your first name as a keyword. Also decrypt it to
verify the answer.

Question # 5 [6 Points]
Discuss the security of RSA for the following cases:
 P is prime q is not prime, both are very large numbers
 P and q both are not prime, both are very large numbers
 P and q both are prime, both are in the range of 1-100
Take some unique random dummy values for each scenario to justify your claim

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