INF4831/104/2023
Tutorial Letter 104/0/2023
INFORMATION SECURITY
INF4831
Year module
School of Computing
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CONTENTS
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Assignment 05 memorandum ................................................................................................................. 3
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Assignment 05 memorandum
1. A financial advisor, Mr X, wants to send a protected trading document to his client, Mr Y.
Mr X wants to ensure that only Mr Y can open the protected trading document and no one else, thus ensuring
confidentiality through the use of PKI. Which key would Mr X use to send the protected trading document to Mr
Y? (2)
Answer:
a) Mr Y’s public key (Correct)
b) Mr Y’s private key
c) Mr Xs public key
d) Mr Xs private key
2. Mr X wants to ensure authenticity when sending the protected trading document to Mr Y. Which key would
Mr X use? (2)
Answer:
a) Mr Y’s public key
b) Mr Y’s private key
c) Mr Xs public key
d) Mr Xs private key (Correct)
3. Consider the following plain text message:
FOUR PM AT SMITH STR
Encrypt the plain text message above using the two techniques as required by (a) and (b) respectively, one after
the other:
a) Use a Caesar Cipher with a shift of THREE, and then, (2 marks)
b) encrypt the resulting ciphertext using a FOUR-column columnar transposition cipher (2 marks)
Note that you must perform the Caesar Cipher on the message, then the columnar transposition on the cipher
text that is produced from the operation of the Caesar Cipher.
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Answer
Plain a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
text
Shift d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c
of 3
Plain F O U R P M A T S M I T H S T R E E T
text
Cipher i r x u s p d w v p l w k v w u h h w
text
(2 marks)
Four columns
i r x u
s p d w
v p l w
k v w u
h h w x
(2 marks)
Cipher text (Write from top of columns)
2.1 The Caesar Cipher with a shift of THREE is: (Select the correct answer and write down only the question
number the alphabetic letter as your answer.) (2)
a. FOURPMATSMITHSTREET
b. whhuw vkwlpvwpsuxri
c. irxuspdwvplwkv wuhhw (CORRECT)
d. irxuspdwvplwkvwuhhw (CORRECT)
2.2 The final cipher text (derived from 2.1) and then applying FOUR-column columnar transposition cipher is:
(Select the correct answer and write down only the question number the alphabetic letter as your answer.)
(2)
a. irxuspdwvplwkvwuhhwx
b. irxuspdwvplwkvwuhhw
c. whhuwvkwlpvwdpsuxri
d. isvkhrppvhzdlwwuwwux (C0RRECT)
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QUESTION 3
Use table 1 to answer the following questions:
Table 1
FLX_ID FLX_Name FLX_Gender FLX_City FLX_TB FLX_Financial FLX_Period
Status Aid
0001 Charles M Cape Town Positive 2000 2
0002 Thabo M Cape Town Positive 2000 2
0003 Jane F Pretoria Negative 0 0
0004 Felix M Pretoria Positive 0 3
0005 Mary F Pretoria Positive 6000 2
A direct and indirect attack can be applied to derive sensitive information from table 1. Which one of the
following statements is correct? (2)
a. A direct attack (List FLX_Name where FLX_Gender = F and FLX_TB_Status = Positive)
could reveal that Mary, a female, is positive for TB. (CORRECT)
b. An indirect attack using SUM could reveal that individuals in Pretoria are receiving the least financial aid.
{They are receiving the most aid}
c. An indirect attack (List FLX_Name where FLX_Gender = F and FLX_TB_Status = Positive)
could reveal that Mary, a female, is positive for TB {This is a direct attack}
d. An indirect attack using AVE could reveal that individuals in Pretoria are receiving no financial aid. {It will
reveal that individuals are receiving aid}
QUESTION 4
Five IEEE certificates. (50)
Total 60 marks
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