Short Paper #2

Description: The scenario description and requirements for Short Paper #2:

Prepare a short research paper of approximately 900-1000 words, double-spaced, exclusive of cover, title page, table of contents, endnotes and bibliography. Your paper must use APA formatting with the exception that tables and figures can be inserted at the appropriate location rather than added at the end. Submit the paper in your assignment folder as a Word attachment.

Please name submission file:

LastnameFirstname INFA640 SP2.doc;

Example: PathakDivaker INFA640 SP2.doc

Be certain that your paper contains the required certification as specified in the syllabus.

I will submit your paper to Turnitin.com to ensure non-plagiarisation

Scenario:

Anna changes banks following her troubles with TBT. At her new bank, Ultimate Security Trust (UST), RSA is used as the cryptographic system. Anna creates a key pair and supplies to Felicity, an officer of UST who will handle her account, with her public key {eA, nA}, securing her private key {dA, nA} on a thumb drive which he keeps locked in a wall safe at her home. In turn, Felicity gave Anna access to a key server maintained by UST so that she can readily obtain Felicity’ current public key {eF, nF} whenever she needs to communicate securely with Felicity.

Things are fine for several months until Anna sends Felicity a message m asking about current interest rates on Certificates of Deposit issued by UST. As shown below, she enciphers the message first, and then signs it

C = (mef mod nf)dAmod nA

Where C is the encrypted message and m is the plaintext message.

A few days later, Anna received a statement that shows a debit of $1,000,000 from her account. On inquiring, she was told that Felicity transferred the money out of Anna’s account into an account of her own in a bank on the Caribbean island of Nevis, where she moved. When reached via long distance in Nevis, Felicity produced a message ’g’ from Anna saying:

"Thanks for your excellent service, Felicity. Please transfer $1,000,000 from my account to yours as a token of my esteem and appreciation. -Signed, Anna."

Anna files suit against Felicity, UST and the government of the Nevis, claiming that the message was a forgery sent by Felicity herself, asking for triple damages for pain and suffering. Felicity has responded by claiming that all procedures were followed properly and that Anna is filing a nuisance suit.

You have been employed by UST as a cryptographic expert to assist in the investigation of this matter and help them decide what to do with Anna issue. You obtain Felicity’s private key from the UST server, and the cipher text C, and calculate

g= (CeAmod nA)dFmod nf

Where g is the plain text message which was obtained the cipher text C

dF Is Felicity’s Private key

Your report to the UST Board of Directors should address the following issues:

• From the facts as presented what can be determined about Anna’s intentions to make Felicity a gift of $1,000,000? How did the fact help you in forming your conclusion?
• What is the significance of Nevis Island?
• What is the significance of Anna’s message to Felicity asking for interest rates?
• Assuming UST wishes to continue using RSA as its cryptographic system, what UST and Anna could have done to protect against this controversy arising?
• How to proceed in the litigationYour report should clearly address these issues including recommendation for the Anna’s suit, with sufficient detail and background to allow the Board of Directors who are cryptographically challenged to understand the issues involved and formulate plans for how to approach the immediate issue with Anna, and to continue business in the future, assuming that they want to continue using only RSA. Assume that the directors do not know what RSA is and/or how it works