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B. Tech III Year II Semester (R07) Supplementary Examinations, April/May 2013 INFORMATION SECURITY (Computer Science & Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Write briefly the categories of attacks. What are the attacks? (b) Define offset. What is its role in UNIX buffer overflows? (a) What is double DES? What kind of attack on double DES makes it useless? (b) List some characteristics of modern block ciphers. (a) Describe the various modes of arbitrated digital signature. (b) Write the applications for public key cryptosystems. (a) Give the format for public key ring table. Explain briefly. (b) What is the purpose of several trust fields in public key ring table? Explain in brief. (a) Give an overview about IPSec. (b) What is IP address spoofing? Explain. (a) What is SSL session? Can a session be shared among multiple connections. What are the parameters that define a session state? (b) Draw the diagrams show the relative location of security facilities in TCP/IP protocol stack. Discuss the advantages of each. What is the role of compression and encryption in the operation of a virus? (a) What properties are required for reference monitor? (b) What are the two rules that a reference monitor enforces? Explain.

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