Introduction to Cryptography with Dr. Khalid Javeed
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What is the most fundamental problem that cryptography addresses?

  • Ensuring the security of communication over an insecure medium (correct)
  • Ensuring the reliability of communication over a secure medium
  • Ensuring the speed of communication over a secure medium
  • Ensuring the anonymity of communication over an insecure medium
  • What does 'confidentiality' mean in the context of secure communication?

  • Only the intended recipient can see the communication (correct)
  • The communication is generated by the alleged sender
  • The adversary can eavesdrop on the communication
  • The adversary has full control over the communication channel
  • What does 'integrity' mean in the context of secure communication?

  • The adversary can eavesdrop on the communication
  • The adversary has full control over the communication channel
  • Only the intended recipient can see the communication
  • The communication is generated by the alleged sender (correct)
  • What are the two possibilities for an insecure medium according to cryptography?

    <p>Passive attacker: the adversary can eavesdrop; Active attacker: the adversary has full control over the communication channel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'steganography' rely on to hide the existence of a message?

    <p>Secrecy of method</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'cryptography' rely on to hide the meaning of a message?

    <p>Secrecy of a short key, not method</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the security goal that ensures a message really originated from Alice?

    <p>Data authenticity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which security goal prevents an adversary from reading message M?

    <p>Data privacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does non-repudiation refer to in the context of cryptography?

    <p>Tracing actions of an entity uniquely to that entity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the assurance that private or confidential information is not made available to unauthorized individuals?

    <p>Confidentiality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of digital signatures in secure communication?

    <p>Ensuring non-repudiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cryptographic method is also known as public-key encryption?

    <p>Asymmetric keys</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Cryptography' relies on transforming an intelligible message into one that is unintelligible and retransforming it back. What does this process ensure?

    <p>Confidentiality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Cryptography' relies on transforming an intelligible message into one that is unintelligible and retransforming it back. What does this process ensure?

    <p>Confidentiality</p> Signup and view all the answers

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