Gujarat Technological UniversityWinter 2025 Examination

GTU 3161606 Cryptography and Network security Winter 2025 Paper Solution & PDF

B.E. · IT Engineering · Semester 6 · Subject Code: 3161606
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Total Marks70 MarksExternal theory exam
Passing Marks23 Marks33% minimum cutoff
Exam Duration2.5 Hours2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Paper Structure5 QuestionsWith internal OR choices
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Question 1

14 MarksMedium
(a)
List and define any three security services.
3 Marks
(b)

Define Cryptography and Steganography. Which technique (Cryptography or Steganography) is used in each of the following cases for confidentiality?

1)A student writes the answer to a test on a small piece of paper, rolls up the paper and inserts it in a ball-point pen, and passes the pen to another student.
2)To send a message, a spy replaces each character in the message with a symbol that was agreed upon in advance as the character's replacements.
4 Marks
(c)
Discuss following attacks.
1)Brute force attack
2)Frequency analysis attack
3)Man in the middle attack
4)Active attack
5)Passive attack
6)Meet in the middle attack
7)Known plaintext attack
7 Marks

Question 2

14 MarksMedium
(a)
Define
i)group
ii)Ring
iii)Field
3 Marks
(b)

Let us assign numeric values to the uppercase alphabet (A=0, B=1, …., Z=25). We can now do modular arithmetic on the system using modulo

26
1)What is (A+N) mod 26 in this system?
2)What is (X+6) mod 26 in this system?
3)What is (Y-5) mod 26 in this system?
4)What is (C-10) mod 26 in this system?
4 Marks
(c)

Discuss Playfair Cipher. Construct a Playfair matrix with the key “engineering”. And encrypt the message “test this Balloon”.

7 Marks
OR OPTION
(c)

Discuss encryption and decryption process in Vigenere cipher. Using the Vigenere cipher, encrypt the word “Life is full of surprises” using the key “health”.

7 Marks

Question 3

14 MarksMedium
(a)
What is a hash function and what are its primary uses in cryptography?
3 Marks
(b)

Describe the Electronic Codebook (ECB) mode and identify its main advantages and disadvantages.

4 Marks
(c)
Describe the key structure of DES.
7 Marks
OR OPTION
(a)

What is a Message Authentication Code (MAC) and what is its primary use in cryptography?

3 Marks
(b)

Describe the operation of Cipher Feedback (CFB) mode and how it differs from CBC.

4 Marks
(c)
Describe the key structure of AES.
7 Marks

Question 4

14 MarksMedium
(a)
Describe the consequences of not using HTTPS on a website.
3 Marks
(b)

Define the greatest common divisor of two integers. Using Euclidean algorithm find the greatest common divisor of

1)88 and 220
2)2n+1 and n, assume n is non-negative integer.
4 Marks
(c)
Discuss RSA Algorithm in detail.
7 Marks
OR OPTION
(a)

Explain the differences between TLS and SSL. Why is TLS preferred over SSL today?

3 Marks
(b)

Define Multiplicative Inverse. Using Extended Euclidean algorithm find multiplicative inverse of 49 in GF (37).

4 Marks
(c)

Describe the general process of establishing a shared secret using the Diffie-Hellman method.

7 Marks

Question 5

14 MarksMedium
(a)
List the duties of a KDC.
3 Marks
(b)

Compare and contrast symmetric and asymmetric encryption methods in the context of remote user authentication.

4 Marks
(c)
Describe the process of creating and verifying a digital signature.
7 Marks
OR OPTION
(a)

Describe the role of the Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) in the Kerberos authentication process.

3 Marks
(b)
Describe the purpose of following protocols defined in SSL
1)Handshake Protocol
2)ChangeCipherSpec Protocol
3)Alert Protocol
4)Record Protocol
4 Marks
(c)

Explain the components of an X.509 certificate and the importance of each component.

7 Marks
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