Assignment - 1
Sub.: CSC602/Cryptography & System Security Year/Sem:TE/VI
Date: 5 /02/2025 Submission Date: 11/02 /2025
Course Outcomes:
CSC602.1: Use classical encryption techniques for data encryption.
Q.No. Question Bloom
Level
Q1 A government agency wants to encrypt sensitive internal memos Use
using a simple encryption scheme for low-level communication.
They decide to use a monoalphabetic substitution cipher, where
each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter from a fixed
shifted alphabet. For simplicity, the agency uses a Caesar cipher
with a shift of 5 (i.e., A becomes F, B becomes G, etc.).
One of the employees, however, is concerned about the security of
the cipher, as it seems too simple to them. They decide to test the
strength of the cipher by trying to decrypt the message without
knowing the key (the shift value). Given the plaintext message
"TOP SECRET MEETING", encrypt the message using the Caesar
cipher with a shift of 5.
Q2 A group of business executives wants to exchange confidential Use
information securely. They decide to use the Playfair cipher, which
encrypts digraphs (pairs of letters). The keyword they choose is
"BUSINESS", and the plaintext message is "CONFIDENTIAL".
Encrypt the plaintext "CONFIDENTIAL" using the Playfair cipher
with the keyword "BUSINESS"
