Security in Computing Previous Year Question Paper - MG University BTech Eighth Semester

Eighth semester (s8) BTech Security in Computing previous year question paper - MG university CSE.
B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2016
Eighth Semester
Branch: Computer Science and Engineering
CS 010 803 SECURITY IN COMPUTING—(CS)
(New Scheme — 2010 Admission onwards)
[Regular/Supplementary]

Time : Three Hours
Maximum 100 Marks

Part A.
Answer all questions.
Each question carries 3 marks.


  1. Define security attacks.
  2. What do you mean by Avalanche effect?
  3. Differentiate between direct and arbitrated digital signature.
  4. What are the services provided by IP Sec ?
  5. What do you mean by Biba integrity model ?

(5 x 3 = 15 marks)

Part B
Answer all questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.


  1. Briefly explain symmetric cipher model.
  2. Explain briefly about prime factorization.
  3. Write note on hash functions.
  4. What are the different functions provided by S/MIME? Explain.
  5. Explain password selection strategies and their significance.

(5 x 5 = 25 marks)

Part C
Answer all questions.
Each question carries 12 marks.


  1. What is meant by security services ? Explain different categories of security services.
    Or
  2. What is meant by transposition cipher ? Explain rail fence cipher and row transposition ciphers with example.
  3. With a neat sketch, explain about the DES encryption and decryption process with the internal structure of a single round of DES algorithm.
    Or
  4. Explain the key management of public key encryption in detail.
  5. Write down and explain SHA-512 algorithm.
    Or
  6. Discuss the overview of Kerberos. Explain Simple Authentication Dialogue and More Secure Authentication Dialogue, in Kerberos Version 4.
  7. What is PGP ? What are the services provided by PGP ? Explain.
    Or
  8. What is meant by firewalls ? Discuss about different types of firewalls.
  9. Define Intrusion Detection. Explain in detail about the various types of detection mechanisms.
    Or
  10. What are Security models ? Explain different types of Security models.

(5 x 12 = 60 marks)

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