GAQM Exam CPEH-001 Topic 4 Question 97 Discussion

Actual exam question for GAQM's CPEH-001 exam

Question #: 97
Topic #: 4

In the context of using PKI, when Sven wishes to send a secret message to Bob, he looks up Bob's public key in a directory, uses it to encrypt the message before sending it off. Bob then uses his private key to decrypt the message and reads it. No one listening on can decrypt the message. Anyone can send an encrypted message to Bob but only Bob can read it. Thus, although many people may know Bob's public key and use it to verify Bob's signature, they cannot discover Bob's private key and use it to forge digital signatures. What does this principle refer to?

AIrreversibility

BNon-repudiation

CSymmetry

DAsymmetry

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Suggested Answer: D

PKI uses asymmetric key pair encryption. One key of the pair is the only way to decrypt data encrypted with the other.

by Garry at Sep 18, 2024, 09:45 AM

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Brande

2 months ago

Asymmetry all the way! The whole beauty of public-key crypto is that the public key can be used to encrypt, but the private key is the only way to decrypt. Nicely done, test writer!

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Mabel

24 days ago

D) Asymmetry

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Dannette

26 days ago

C) Symmetry

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Serita

1 months ago

B) Non-repudiation

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Krissy

1 months ago

A) Irreversibility

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Kenia

2 months ago

Haha, I love these cryptography questions. They're like little puzzles. This one's a classic example of asymmetric encryption - the public and private keys are a perfect match!

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Phuong

2 months ago

Ooh, tricky one! I was thinking Irreversibility at first, but then I realized that's more about the difficulty of reversing the encryption, not the key relationship. Definitely Asymmetry.

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Karan

1 months ago

Yes, the principle refers to Asymmetry in this context.

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Audra

1 months ago

Asymmetry is the correct answer in this case.

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Sherell

1 months ago

I agree, it's definitely Asymmetry.

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Barney

2 months ago

Hmm, I was kind of torn between Asymmetry and Non-repudiation, but I think Asymmetry is the best fit. The whole point is that the private key can't be derived from the public key, which is the essence of asymmetry.

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Lili

2 months ago

I believe the correct answer is D) Asymmetry, as only Helga can decrypt the message with his private key.

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Audra

2 months ago

This seems pretty straightforward. Asymmetry is the key principle behind public-key cryptography, where the public and private keys are different but mathematically related. Totally makes sense here.

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