SAL Engineering & Technical Institute

Department of Information Technology

Cryptography & Network Security (3161606)
Assignment-1 CO
1) What is security mechanism? List and explain various security mechanisms CO1
2) Define Terms: CO1
Cryptography, Passive attacks, Active attacks, Cryptanalyst, Cryptology
3) Explain play fair cipher substitution techniques in detail. Find out cipher text for the CO2
following given key and plaintext.
Key = TECHNOLOGY
Plaintext = INFORMATION
4) Write differences between substitution techniques and transposition techniques CO2

5) Write the Difference between Monoalphabetic and Polyalphabetic Cipher CO2

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Assignment-2
1) Write the difference between Stream Cipher and Block Cipher. CO2

2) Explain Feistel Cipher with neat and clean diagram. CO2

3) Explain the Working of DES Algorithm. What is the Purpose of S-box in DES? CO2

4) Write the difference between Diffusion and Confusion CO2

5) Discuss in detail encryption and decryption process of AES. CO2

6) Explain various block cipher modes of operations with the help of diagrams. Why do some CO2
block cipher modes of operation only use encryption while others use both encryption and
decryption?
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 Assignment-3
1) Discuss RSA algorithm. Perform encryption and decryption of the following using RSA CO2
algorithm:
a. p=3, q=11, e=7, M=5.
b. p=7, q=11, e=17, M=8.

2) Discuss Diffie-Hillman key exchange algorithm in detail. CO2

3) Discuss hash function and its application in Crypto System. CO3

4) Explain MD5 hash algorithm. CO3

5) Write a detailed note on Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA). CO3

6) Write a note on: Message Authentication Codes. CO3

7) Explain Elgamal and Schnorr digital signature scheme. CO3

8) Write the algorithm for message authentication code (MACs) based on HASH functions CO3

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Assignment-4
1) Explain various public key distribution techniques CO3

2) Explain X.509 Certificate Format. CO3

3) Explain HTTPS and SSH CO3

4) What is KDC? List the duties of a KDC. CO4

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Faculty Name & Sign Tejas Patel Name & Sign ________________
Assistant Professor, CE Dept., Head CE, IT, CSE & ICT Dept.,
SETI, SAL Education SETI, SAL Education