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Software for maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume. Data is automatically encrypted right before it is saved, then decrypted right after it is loaded, all w/o user intervention.

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Which of the following statements is most true regarding binary operations and encryption?

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A type of frequency analysis used to attack polyalphabetic substitution ciphers. It's used to try to discover patterns and use that information to decrypt the cipher.

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What is an IV?

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Part of understanding cryptography is understanding the cryptographic primitives that go into any crypto system. A(n) _______ is a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive that is random or pse

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The most common way steganography is accomplished is via which one of the following?

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A _______ product refers to an NSA-endorsed classified or controlled cryptographic item for classified or sensitive U. S. government information, including cryptographic equipment, assembly, or comp

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The reverse process from encoding - converting the encoded message back into its plaintext format.

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Which of the following asymmetric algorithms is described by U.S. Patent 5,231,668 and FIPS 186

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If Bob is using asymmetric cryptography and wants to send a message to Alice so that only she can decrypt it, what key should he use to encrypt the message?

Question 165 - 212-81 discussion

Cylinder tool. Wrap leather around to decode. The diameter is the key. Used in 7th century BC by greek poet Archilochus.

Cipher disk

Caesar cipher

Scytale

Enigma machine

Suggested answer: C

Explanation:

Scytale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scytale

A scytale is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher, consisting of a cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which is written a message. The ancient Greeks, and the Spartans in particular, are said to have used this cipher in 7th century BC to communicate during military campaigns.

The recipient uses a rod of the same diameter on which the parchment is wrapped to read the message. It has the advantage of being fast and not prone to mistakes---a necessary property when on the battlefield. It can, however, be easily broken. Since the strip of parchment hints strongly at the method, the ciphertext would have to be transferred to something less suggestive, somewhat reducing the advantage noted.

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Cipher disk -is an enciphering and deciphering tool developed in 1470 by the Italian architect and author Leon Battista Alberti. He constructed a device, (eponymously called the Alberti cipher disk) consisting of two concentric circular plates mounted one on top of the other. The larger plate is called the 'stationary' and the smaller one the 'moveable' since the smaller one could move on top of the 'stationary'.

Enigma machine -is an encryption device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II, in all branches of the German military.

Caesar cipher -(also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code or Caesar shift) is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. The method is named after Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence.

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Zeshan Tariq

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