Information and Network security

Monika Nayak, Assistant Professor

Computer Science and Engineering Department
Outline
▪ Introduction
▪ Security Objectives
▪ OSI Security Architecture
▪ Security Attacks
▪ Security Services
▪ Security Mechanism
▪ Symmetric Cipher Model
▪ Cryptography
▪ Cryptanalysis and Attacks
▪ Substitution and Transposition Techniques
Information & Network Security
▪ What is Information ?
• The processed form of data or meaningful data is
called information. Basically, information is the message that is
being conveyed.

Data Process Information

▪ What is Security ?
1. Computer Security : Generic name for the collection of tools
designed to protect data.
2. Network and Internet Security : Measures to protect data
during their transmission over a collection of interconnected
networks.
Key Security Objectives
▪ Goal/Objectives of Security :
1. Confidentiality
2. Integrity
3. Availability
4. Authenticity
5. Accountability
 Confidentiality
1. Confidentiality:
• Data confidentiality: Assure confidential information not made
available to unauthorized individuals.
Example : Individual files are locked and secured

Bob
Alice

Packet sniffing, illegal copying

Attacker
Confidentiality
• Privacy: Assure individuals can control what information related
to them is collected, stored, distributed.
• Privacy is the right of an individual to protect personal or
sensitive information.
Integrity
2. Integrity :
• Data integrity: Assure information and programs are changed
only in a authorized manner.

Message

Bob
Alice
Modifies the message, Message
or Inserts a new one.

How can Bob be sure that

message really comes
from Alice?

Attacker
Integrity
• System integrity: Assure system performs intended function.
Availability
3. Availability :
• Assure that systems work promptly and service is not denied
to authorized users.

www.amazon.com

User
Browser working Server down
Authenticity
4. Authenticity:
• The property of being genuine and being able to be verified
and trusted; confidence in the validity of a transmission, a
message, or message originator.
• This means verifying that each input arriving at the system
came from a trusted source.

Password + Verification = Access

Authenticity

Transfer Rs. 1,00,000

From A to C.
I am User A

User A
Bank

User C
Accountability
5. Accountability:
• The security goal that generates the requirement for actions of
an entity to be traced uniquely to that entity.
• This supports nonrepudiation(assurance that someone cannot
deny something).

Transfer Rs.
1,00,000
User A to Bank

Bank
Impact of Security Breaches
▪ Effectiveness of primary operations are reduced
• Example: Hackers compromised exam question paper.
▪ Financial loss
• Example: The cost of repairing a company database once it’s
been compromised.
▪ Damage to assets
• Example: Hackers compromised Amazon Web Services account
and demanded a ransom. When the company declined, the
hacker started destroying their resources.
▪ Harm to individuals
• Example: Hackers compromised patience database and change
it.
OSI Security Architecture
▪ Systematic approach to define requirements for security and
approaches to satisfying those requirements
▪ The OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) security architecture
focuses on Security Attacks, Mechanisms, and Services.
▪ Security Attack: Any action that compromises the security of
information owned by an organization.
▪ Security Mechanism: A process that is designed to detect,
prevent, or recover from a security attack.
▪ Security Service: A communication service that enhances the
security of the data processing systems and the information
transfers of an organization.
Security Attacks
Security Attacks
▪ A passive attack attempts to learn or make use of information
from the system but does not affect system resources.
1. Release of message contents
2. Traffic analysis
▪ Relatively hard to detect, but easier to prevent
▪ An active attack attempts to alter system resources or affect their
operation.
1. Masquerade
2. Replay
3. Modification of messages
4. Denial of service.
▪ Relatively hard to prevent, but easier to detect
1. Release of message contents (Passive Attack)

▪ A telephone conversation, an electronic mail message, and a

transferred file may contain sensitive or confidential information.
▪ We would like to prevent an opponent from learning the contents
of these transmissions.
▪ Attack on Confidentiality.
1. Masquerade Attack (Active
Attack)

▪ A masquerade takes place when one entity pretends to be a

different entity.
▪ A masquerade attack is an attack that uses a fake identity to gain
unauthorized access to personal information.
▪ Attack on Authentication.
2. Traffic Analysis (Passive Attack)

▪ In such attacks, an attacker analyses the traffic and observes the

frequency and length of exchanged messages. He uses all this
information to predict the nature of communication.
▪ Studying the flow of "traffic" to find patterns of behaviour.
2. Replay Attack (Active Attack)

▪ Replay attack involves the passive capture of a data unit and its
subsequent retransmission to produce an unauthorized effect.
▪ Replay attack is to replay the message sent to a network by an
attacker, which was earlier sent by an authorized user.
3. Modification of messages Attack (Active Attack)

▪ Modification of messages simply means that some portion of a

legitimate message is altered, or that messages are delayed or
reordered, to produce an unauthorized effect.
▪ Attack on Integrity.
4. Denial of Service Attack (Active Attack)

▪ The denial of service attack prevents the normal use or

management of communications facilities.
▪ Sending large number of packets to block the server.
▪ Attack on Availability.
Security Services
Security Services (X.800)
X.800 standard defines a security service as a service that is provided
by a protocol layer of communicating open systems and that ensures
security of the systems or of data transfers.
 Security Services

Data
Authentication Access Control Data Integrity Non Repudiation
Confidentiality

Connection
Peer Entity Connection Non Repudiation
Integrity with
Authentication Confidentiality Origin
recovery

Connection
Data Origin Connection less Non Repudiation
Integrity with
Authentication Confidentiality Destination
out recovery

Selective Field
Selective Repeat
Connection
Confidentiality
Integrity

Traffic Flow Connection less

Confidentiality Integrity

Selective Field
Connection less
Integrity
Security Mechanisms
Security Mechanisms (X.800)
▪ Techniques designed to prevent, detect or recover from attacks
▪ No single mechanism can provide all services
▪ Common in most mechanisms: cryptographic techniques
▪ Specific security mechanisms: Integrated into the appropriate
protocol layer in order to provide some of the OSI security
services.
▪ Pervasive security mechanisms: Not integrated to any particular
OSI security service or protocol layer
Security Mechanism (Specific security)
▪ Encipherment: Hiding or covering data using mathematical
algorithms.
▪ Digital Signature: The sender can electronically sign the data and
the receiver can electronically verify the signature.
▪ Access Control: A variety of mechanisms that enforce access
rights to resources.
▪ Data Integrity: A variety of mechanisms used to assure the
integrity of a data unit or stream of data units.
Security Mechanism (Specific security)
▪ Authentication Exchange: Two entities exchange some messages
to prove their identity to each other.
▪ Traffic Padding: The insertion of bits into gaps in a data stream to
frustrate traffic analysis attempts.
▪ Routing Control: Selecting and continuously changing routes
between sender and receiver to prevent opponent(attacker) from
eavesdropping.
▪ Notarization: The use of a trusted third party to assure and
control the communication.
Model for Network Security
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Encryption and Decryption

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▪ Plaintext: original message
▪ Ciphertext: encrypted or coded message
▪ Encryption: convert from plaintext to ciphertext (enciphering)
▪ Decryption: restore the plaintext from ciphertext (deciphering)
▪ Key: information used in cipher known only to sender/receiver
▪ Cipher: a particular algorithm (cryptographic system)
▪ Cryptography: study of algorithms used for encryption
▪ Cryptanalysis: study of techniques used for decryption without
knowledge of plaintext
▪ Cryptology: areas of cryptography and cryptanalysis
Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
▪ Cryptography(Secret Writing) is the process of protecting
information by transforming it into a secure (unreadable) format.

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▪ Cryptanalysis is the decryption and analysis of encrypted text.

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Requirements and Assumptions
▪ Requirements for secure use of symmetric encryption:
1. Strong encryption algorithm: Given the algorithm and cipher text,
an attacker cannot obtain key or plaintext.
2. Shared secret keys: sender and receiver both have shared a
secret key; no-one else knows the key(keep it secret).
▪ Assumptions:
Cipher is known
Secure channel to distribute keys
Cryptanalysis and Brute-Force Attack
▪ Objective of attacker: recover key (not just message)
▪ Approaches of attacker:
▪ Cryptanalysis: This type of attack exploits the characteristics of
the algorithm to attempt to derive a specific plaintext or to derive
the key being used.
▪ Brute-force attack: The attacker tries every possible key on a
piece of ciphertext until an intelligible translation into plaintext is
obtained.
▪ On average, half of all possible keys must be tried to achieve
success.
Attacks on Encrypted Messages
Type of Attack Known to cryptanalyst
Ciphertext Only Encryption algorithm, Ciphertext
Attacks on Encrypted Messages
Type of Attack Known to cryptanalyst
Known Plaintext Encryption algorithm, Ciphertext, One or more
plaintext-cipher text pairs formed with the secret key
Attacks on Encrypted Messages
Type of Attack Known to cryptanalyst
Chosen Plaintext Encryption algorithm, Ciphertext, Plaintext message chosen by
cryptanalyst
Attacks on Encrypted Messages
Type of Attack Known to cryptanalyst
Chosen Encryption algorithm, Ciphertext, Ciphertext chosen by
Ciphertext cryptanalyst, with its corresponding decrypted plaintext
generated with the secret key
Attacks on Encrypted Messages
Type of Attack Known to cryptanalyst
Chosen text Encryption algorithm, Ciphertext, Plaintext chosen by
cryptanalyst, with its corresponding ciphertext generated with
the secret key , Ciphertext chosen by cryptanalyst, with its
corresponding decrypted plaintext generated with the secret
key
Substitution Techniques
▪ A substitution technique is one in which the letters of plaintext
are replaced by other letters or by numbers or symbols.
▪ If plaintext viewed as sequence of bits, replace plaintext bit
patterns with ciphertext bit patterns.

1. Caesar Cipher
2. Monoalphabetic Cipher
3. Playfair Cipher
4. Hill Cipher
5. Polyalphabetic Ciphers
6. One-Time Pad
1. Caesar Cipher
▪ The Caesar Cipher involves replacing each letter of the alphabet
with the letter standing three places further down the alphabet.
▪ For encryption algorithm is:

C = E(3, P) = (P + 3) mod 26
▪ For decryption algorithm is:

P = D(3, C) = (C - 3) mod 26
Caesar Cipher (Cont…)
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C = E(3, P) = (P + 3) mod 26
Plain: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Cipher: d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c

Example:
Plaintext: THE QUICK BROWN FOX
Ciphertext: WKH TXLFN EURZQ IRA
Caesar Cipher (Cont…)
▪ Generalised Caesar Cipher
• Allow shift by k positions.
• Encryption : C = E(K, P) = (P + K) mod 26

• Decryption : P = D(K, C) = (C - K) mod 26

▪ Modulo for negative number is = N- (B%N)

▪ Example :
-11 mod 26 = 15
26-(11%26) = 15
Caesar Cipher Examples
1. Plaintext: networksecurity 2. Cipher: exxegoexsrgi
Key: 7 Key: 4
Cipher: uladvyrzljbypaf Plaintext : attackatonce
3. Cipher: kyzj dvjjrxv zj vetipgkvu
Key: 17
Plain: this message is encrypted
4. Plain: information security
Key: l
Cipher: tyqzcxletzy dpnfctej
 Caesar Cipher Examples
1. Plaintext: networksecurity 2. Cipher: exxegoexsrgi
Key: 7 Key: 4
Cipher: Plaintext :
3. Cipher: kyzj dvjjrxv zj vetipgkvu
Key: 17
Plain:
4. Plain: information security
Key: 11
Cipher:

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Brute force attack on Caesar Cipher
▪ The encryption and decryption algorithms are known.
▪ There are only 25 keys to try, e.g. k=1, k=2, …
▪ The language of the plaintext is known and easily recognizable.
Brute force attack on Caesar Cipher
Ciphertext: ZNK WAOIQ HXUCT LUD
Key Transformed text Key Transformed text
1 YMJ VZNHP GWTBS KTC 14 LZW IMAUC TJGOF XGP
2 XLI UYMGO FVSAR JSB 15 KYV HLZTB SIFNE WFO
3 WKH TXLFN EURZQ IRA 16 JXU GKYSA RHEMD VEN
4 VJG SWKEM DTQYP HQZ 17 IWT FJXRZ QGDLC UDM
5 UIF RVJDL CSPXOGPY
18 HVS EIWQY PFCKB TCL
6 THE QUICK BROWN FOX
19 GUR DHVPX OEBJA SBK
7 SGD PTHBJ AQNVM ENW
8 RFC OSGAI ZPMUL DMV 20 FTQ CGUOW NDAIZ RAJ
9 QEB NRFZH YOLTK CLU 21 ESP BFTNV MCZHY QZI
10 PDA MQEYG XNKSJ BKT 22 DRO AESMU LBYGX PYH
11 OCZ LPDXF WMJRI AJS 23 CQN ZDRLT KAXFW OXG
12 NBY KOCWE VLIQH ZIR 24 BPM YCQKS JZWEV NWF
13 MAX JNBVD UKHPG YHQ 25 AOL XBPJR IYVDU MVE
Substitution Techniques
1. Caesar Cipher
2. Monoalphabetic Cipher
3. Playfair Cipher
4. Hill Cipher
5. Polyalphabetic Ciphers
6. One-Time Pad
2. Monoalphabetic Cipher (Simple substitution)
▪ It is an improvement to the Caesar Cipher.
▪ Instead of shifting the alphabets by some number, this scheme
uses some permutation of the letters in alphabet.
▪ Use a single alphabet for both plaintext and cipher text.
Plain: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Cipher: y n l k x b s h m i w d p j r o q v f e a u g t z c
Example:
▪ Cipher: kxlvzofemrj
▪ Plaintext: decrypstion
▪ Try Brute force attack :
• With 26 letters in alphabet, the possible permutations are 26!
Keys (>4x1026)
Attack on Monoalphabetic Cipher
▪ The relative frequencies of the letters in the ciphertext (in %) are

Ciphertext:
uzqsovuohxmopvgpozpevsgzwszopfpesxudbmetsxaizvuephzhmdzshz
owsfpappdtsvpquzwymxuzuhsxepyepopdzszufpombzwpfupzhmdjudtm
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▪ In our ciphertext, the most common digram is ZW, which appears
three times. So equate Z with t, W with h and P with e.
▪ Now notice that the sequence ZWP appears in the ciphertext, and
we can translate that sequence as “the.”
Attack on Monoalphabetic Cipher (Cont…)
▪ If the cryptanalyst knows the nature of the plaintext, then the
analyst can exploit the regularities of the language.
▪ The relative frequency of the letters can be determined and
compared to a standard frequency distribution for English.
▪ If the message were long enough, this technique alone might be
sufficient, but because this is a relatively short message, we
cannot expect an exact match.
Substitution Techniques
1. Caesar Cipher
2. Monoalphabetic Cipher
3. Playfair Cipher
4. Hill Cipher
5. Polyalphabetic Ciphers
6. One-Time Pad
3. Playfair Cipher
▪ The Playfair algorithm is based on a 5 × 5 matrix (key) of letters.
▪ The matrix is constructed by filling in the letters of the keyword
(minus duplicates) from left to right and from top to bottom, and
then filling in the remainder of the matrix with the remaining
letters in alphabetic order. The letters I and J count as one letter.

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Example:
N A B D F
Keyword= OCCURRENCE
Plaintext= TALL TREES G H I/J K L
M P Q S T
V W X Y Z
Playfair Cipher - Encrypt Plaintext
▪ Operate on pair of letters (digram) at a time.
▪ Special: if digram with same letters appears, separate by special
letter (e.g. x)
Plaintext= TALL TREES
Plaintext= TA LX LT RE ES
▪ If there is an odd number of letters, then add uncommon letter to
complete digram, a X/Z may be added to the last letter.
Plaintext= NETWORK
Plaintext= NE TW OR KX
Playfair Cipher - Encrypt Plaintext
▪ Map each pair in key matrix
O C U R E
Plaintext: TA LX LT RE ES
Ciphertext: PF IZ TZ EO RT N A B D F
G H I/J K L
M P Q S T
V W X Y Z
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▪ Better than monoalphabetic: relative frequency of digrams much
less than of individual letters.
▪ But relatively easy (digrams, trigrams, expected words)
Playfair Cipher Examples
1. Key= “engineering ” Plaintext= “test this process ”
2. Key= “keyword ” Plaintext= “come to the window”
3. Key= “moonmission ” Plaintext= “greet ”
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Playfair Cipher Examples
4. Key: EXAMPLE
Ciphertext: UA ARBED EXAPO PR QNX AXANR
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Plaintext: we will meet at the exit
Substitution Techniques
1. Caesar Cipher
2. Monoalphabetic Cipher
3. Playfair Cipher
4. Hill Cipher
5. Polyalphabetic Ciphers
6. One-Time Pad
4. Hill Cipher
▪ Hill cipher is based on linear algebra
▪ Each letter is represented by numbers from 0 to 25 and
calculations are done using modulo 26.
▪ Encryption and decryption can be given by the following formula:
Encryption: C=PK mod 26

Decryption: P=CK-1 mod 26

Hill Cipher Encryption
▪ To encrypt a message using the Hill Cipher we must first turn our
keyword and plaintext into a matrix (a 2 x 2 matrix or a 3 x 3
matrix, etc).
Example: Key = “HILL”, Plaintext = “EXAM”
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Hill Cipher Encryption (Cont…)

C=PK mod 26

Ciphertext = “ELSC”
Hill Cipher Decryption
P=CK-1 mod 26
Step 1: Find Inverse of key matrix
Step 2: Multiply the Multiplicative Inverse of the Determinant by the
Adjoin Matrix
Step 3: Multiply inverse key matrix with ciphertext matrix to obtain
plaintext matrix
Step 1: Inverse of key matrix
2 X 2 inverse of matrix

3 X 3 inverse of matrix
Step 1: Inverse of key matrix

▪ -11 mod 26 = 15
▪ Because, modulo for negative
number is = N- (B%N)
= 26 – (11%26)
Step 2: Modular (Multiplicative) inverse
▪ The inverse of a number A is 1/A since A * 1/A = 1
e.g. the inverse of 5 is 1/5
▪ In modular arithmetic we do not have a division operation.
▪ The modular inverse of A (mod C) is A-1
▪ (A * A-1) ≡ 1 (mod C)
Example:
▪ The modular inverse of A mod C is the B value that makes
A * A-1 mod C = 1
A = 3, C = 11
Since (3*4) mod 11 = 1, 4 is modulo inverse of 3
A = 10, C = 17 , A-1 = ?12
Step 2: Modular (Multiplicative) inverse
Determinants’ multiplicative inverse Modulo 26

Determinant 1 3 5 7 9 11 15 17 19 21 23 25

Inverse Modulo 26 1 9 21 15 3 19 7 23 11 5 17 25
Step 2: Multiply with adjoin of matrix

X%Y = X-(X/Y)*Y
77%26 = 77-(77/26)*26
= 77-(2)*26
= 77-52
= 25
Hill Cipher Encryption (Cont…)

P=CK-1 mod 26

Plaintext = “EXAM”
Hill Cipher Examples
1. Key: Hill Plaintext: short example
Ciphertext: APADJ TFTWLFJ
2. Key: ACBA Plaintext: DR GREER ROCKS (A=1, B=2, … )
Ciphertext: FZIFTOTBXGPO
3. Key:DACB Ciphertext: SAKNOXAOJ (A=1,B=2,…)
Plaintext: WELOVEMATH
Substitution Techniques
1. Caesar Cipher
2. Monoalphabetic Cipher
3. Playfair Cipher
4. Hill Cipher
5. Polyalphabetic Ciphers
6. One-Time Pad
5. Polyalphabetic Cipher
▪ Monoalphabetic cipher encoded using only one fixed alphabet
▪ Polyalphabetic cipher is a substitution cipher in which the cipher
alphabet for the plain alphabet may be different at different
places during the encryption process.
1. Vigenere cipher
2. Vernam cipher
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Vigenere Cipher
Keyword : DECEPTIVE
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Plaintext : WEAREDISCOVEREDSAVEYOURSELF keyword
Ciphertext : ZICVTWQNGRZGVTWAVZHCQYGLMGJ

An analyst looking at only the ciphertext would detect the repeated

sequences VTW at a displacement of 9 and make the assumption that the
keyword is either three or nine letters in length.
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Plaintext : WEAREDISCOVEREDSAVEYOURSELF system
Vernam Cipher
▪ The ciphertext is generated by applying the logical XOR operation
to the individual bits of plaintext and the key stream.
Substitution Techniques
1. Caesar Cipher
2. Monoalphabetic Cipher
3. Playfair Cipher
4. Hill Cipher
5. Polyalphabetic Ciphers
6. One-Time Pad
6. One time pad
▪ Similar to Vigenere, but use random key as long as plaintext.
▪ Only known scheme that is unbreakable (unconditional security)
• Ciphertext has no statistical relationship with plaintext.
• Given two potential plaintext messages, attacker cannot
identify the correct message.
▪ Two practical limitations:
1. Difficult to provide large number of random keys
2. Distributing unique long random keys is difficult
One time pad
▪ Attacker knows the ciphertext:
▪ ANKYODKYUREPFJBYOJDSPLREYIUNOFDOIUERFPLUYTS
▪ Attacker tries all possible keys.
▪ Two examples:
▪ key1: pxlmvmsydofuyrvzwctnlebnecvgdupahfzzlmnyih
▪ Plaintext1: mr mustard with the candlestick in the hall
▪ key2: mfugpmiydgaxgoufhklllmhsqdqogtewbqfgyovuhwt
▪ Plaintext2: miss scarlet with the knife in the library
▪ There are many other legible plaintexts obtained with other keys.
No way for attacker to know the correct plaintext
Transposition Techniques
▪ A transposition cipher does not substitute one symbol for
another, instead it changes the location of the symbols.
▪ The simplest such cipher is the rail fence technique, in which the
plaintext is written down as a sequence of diagonals and then
read off as a sequence of rows.
▪ For example, to send the message “Meet me at the park” to Bob,
Alice writes
M E M A T E A K
E T E T H P R

▪ She then creates the ciphertext: MEMATEAKETETHPR

Rail Fence Transposition
▪ Easy to break: letter frequency analysis to determine depth.
▪ Example:
▪ Plaintext: internettechnology
▪ Depth: 3
▪ Cipher: IRTNGNENTEHOOYTECL

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Rows/Columns Transposition
▪ Plaintext letters written in rows.
▪ Ciphertext obtained by reading column-by-column, but
re-arranged.
▪ Key determines order of columns to read.
Key: 4 3 1 2 5 6 7
Plaintext: A T T A C K P
O S T P O N E
D U N T I L T
W O A M X Y Z
Ciphertext: TTNA APTMTSUO AODW COIX KNL PETZ
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▪ Easy to break using letter frequency (try different column orders)
Rows/Columns Transposition
▪ Transposition ciphers can be made stronger by using multiple
stages of transposition
▪ Plaintext: securityandcryptography
▪ Key: 315624
▪ Ciphertext: EYYARDOYSTRRICGCAPPUNTH
▪ Transpose again using same key:
▪ Ciphertext: YYCURRAHEOIPDRPYSGNATCT
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Threat and Attack
▪ Threat: A potential for violation of security, which exists when
there is a circumstance, capability, action, or event that could
crack security and cause harm. That is, a threat is a possible
danger that might exploit a vulnerability.
▪ Attack: An violation on system security that derives from an
intelligent threat; that is, an intelligent act that is a calculated
attempt to avoid security services and violate the security policy
of a system.
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