(Sign-then-Double-Encrypt) Aldebaran computes σ = Sign(sk′ A, m), and cσ = Enc(pkC, Enc(pkB, σ)). Aldebaran sends cσ along with their usual broadcast, (pkC, cdest, cmsg). Chandra performs her usual steps, as well as decrypting to obtain c ′ σ = Dec(skC, cσ). She sends it along with her usual broadcast, (pkB, c′ msg) for Borealis. Lastly, Borealis, who will receives the message m, now also obtains σ = Dec(skB, c′ σ ). Borealis believes the message should have come from Aldebaran. He runs Verify(pk′ A, m, σ) and is satisfied only if the signature accepts
Question
(Sign-then-Double-Encrypt) Aldebaran computes σ = Sign(sk′ A, m), and cσ = Enc(pkC, Enc(pkB, σ)). Aldebaran sends cσ along with their usual broadcast, (pkC, cdest, cmsg). Chandra performs her usual steps, as well as decrypting to obtain c ′ σ = Dec(skC, cσ). She sends it along with her usual broadcast, (pkB, c′ msg) for Borealis. Lastly, Borealis, who will receives the message m, now also obtains σ = Dec(skB, c′ σ ). Borealis believes the message should have come from Aldebaran. He runs Verify(pk′ A, m, σ) and is satisfied only if the signature accepts
Solution
This passage describes a cryptographic communication process involving three parties: Aldebaran, Chandra, and Borealis. Here's a step-by-step breakdown:
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Aldebaran first signs a message 'm' using their private key 'skA'. This results in a signature 'σ'.
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Aldebaran then encrypts 'σ' twice, first with Borealis's public key 'pkB', and then with Chandra's public key 'pkC'. This results in 'cσ'.
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Aldebaran sends 'cσ' along with their usual broadcast, which includes Chandra's public key 'pkC', the encrypted destination 'cdest', and the encrypted message 'cmsg'.
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Chandra performs her usual steps, and also decrypts 'cσ' using her private key 'skC'. This results in 'cσ' prime.
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Chandra sends 'cσ' prime along with her usual broadcast, which includes Borealis's public key 'pkB', and the encrypted message 'cmsg' prime.
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Borealis, who receives the message 'm', now also obtains the signature 'σ' by decrypting 'cσ' prime using his private key 'skB'.
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Borealis believes the message should have come from Aldebaran. He verifies this by running a verification function with Aldebaran's public key 'pkA', the message 'm', and the signature 'σ'. He is satisfied only if the signature is accepted by the verification function.
Similar Questions
Aldebaran computes cmsg = Enc(pkC , m), cdest = Enc(pkC , pkB ) and broadcasts (pkC , cmsg, cdest). Chandra observes the broadcast containing her public key. She then computes m = Dec(skC , cmsg) and pkdest = Dec(skC , cdest). Lastly, she re-encrypts c′ = Enc(pkdest, m) and broadcasts (pkdest, c′). Borealis identifies their public key in the broadcast and obtains the message m = Dec(skB , c′). state Secure or Insecure, and explain why that approach does or does not achieve the two desired notions of confidentiality described above.
Aldebaran computes cmsg = Enc(pkC, m), cdest = Enc(pkC, pkB) and broadcasts(pkC, cmsg, cdest). Chandra observes the broadcast containing her public key. She then decrypts the destination address as pkdest = Dec(skC, cdest) and broadcasts (pkdest, cmsg). Borealis then obtains the message as m = Dec(skB, cmsg).Is it secure?
. For each approach, state Secure or Insecure, and explain why that approach does or does not achieve the two desired notions of confidentiality described above.Aldebaran computes cmsg = Enc(pkC, m), cdest = Enc(pkC, pkB) and broadcasts(pkC, cmsg, cdest). Chandra observes the broadcast containing her public key. She then computes m = Dec(skC, cmsg) and pkdest = Dec(skC, cdest) and broadcasts (pkdest, m). Borealis identifies their public key in the broadcast and obtains the message m. 1 (d) Aldebaran computes cmsg = Enc(pkC, m), cdest = Enc(pkC, pkB) and broadcasts(pkC, cmsg, cdest). Chandra observes the broadcast containing her public key. She then computes m = Dec(skC, cmsg) and pkdest = Dec(skC, cdest). Lastly, she re-encrypts c ′ = Enc(pkdest, m) and broadcasts (pkdest, c′ ). Borealis identifies their public key in the broadcast and obtains the message m = Dec(skB, c′ ).
Some time later, Chandra receives a different broadcast (38, cmsg, cdest) where cdest = (55, 10) and cmsg = (c1, c2) = ((101, 28),(90, 94)). i. (2 marks) Confirm whether or not Chandra’s public key corresponds to her secret key skC = 22. ii. (5 marks) Who is the final intended recipient of the message? (Hint: compute the Elgamal decryption Dec(skC, cdest) and compare with the known public keys.) iii. (6 marks) Hence, what does Chandra broadcast? (Hint: compute the Elgamal decryptions Dec(skC, c1) and Dec(skC, c2))
(a) Aldebaran wishes to send a message m = 33 to Borealis. i. (2 marks) Confirm whether or not Aldebaran’s public key corresponds to the secret key skA = 7. ii. (5 marks) In the first step, Aldebaran must compute the Elgamal encryption (c1, c2) = Enc(pkB, m). Suppose during encryption, Aldebaran randomly samples a = 33, as in where c1 = g a . What is (c1, c2)? Note: Aldebaran will perform the rest of the steps to convey this message by themselves.
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