16.1.1 - Lecture - 64
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Practice Questions
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What is the main advantage of public key cryptography over symmetric cryptography?
💡 Hint: Think about key sharing methods.
Define the Diffie-Hellman Protocol.
💡 Hint: Consider its purpose in secure messaging.
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What is the main purpose of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when two parties communicate securely.
True or False: RSA encryption is solely based on the difficulty of the discrete logarithm problem.
💡 Hint: Think about the mathematical foundations of RSA encryption.
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Given a modulus N and public key e, outline the steps to find the private key d assuming that N is a product of two distinct primes.
💡 Hint: This problem emphasizes the connection between modular arithmetic and cryptographic security.
Create a hypothetical scenario where two parties use the Diffie-Hellman protocol and analyze a potential eavesdropping attempt. What are the limits of security in this scenario?
💡 Hint: Consider practical limits of real-life implementations against purely mathematical theoretical limits.
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