Csci 46215621 Intro To Cyber Security Spring 2021 Assignment 2 1 ✓ Solved

CSCI 4621/5621: Intro to Cyber Security Spring 2021 Assignment # 2 (10 points) “RSA†DUE April 16, 2021 @ 11:59pm Decrypt the following ciphertext that is encrypted using RSA: RSA public key (N, e): N = e = 65537 Hint. • A modulus N of the standard RSA consists of only the two large prime p and q. • But the modulus N in this assignment consists of many primes, which may weaken the security of RSA (so making this assignment practicable). • Students can use the following website for integer factorization: • Refer to the provided example code (example.py). Submission guideline Students will need to submit a PDF file on Moodle containing the following information: • All the prime factors of N • Euler's totient à¸(N) • Private key d • Decrypted message “RSA†5 Sexually transmitted infections Students Name Chamberlain University College of Nursing NR361 RN Information Systems in Healthcare Instructor Due Date Sexually Transmitted infections Sexually transmitted infections are types of diseases spread from one person to another through sexual contact.

They are caused by viruses, parasites, or bacteria. Some of the sexually transmitted infections include syphilis, hepatitis B, HIV, gonorrhoea, among others. This paper aims to give a scenario of a patient suffering from a sexually transmitted disease and describe the plan for teaching the patient. The paper will also identify a mHealth app that could benefit the patient. Patient Scenario Even though sexually transmitted infections are preventable, millions of cases are reported in the United States every year, with reports stating the increase in the rate of spread of these illnesses.

Health people 2030 emphasize averting and treating STIs and HIV and refining the well-being status of individuals living with the disease. It is reported that people having sex without protection are at high risk of getting infected with STIs. Approaches to raising screening and testing can reduce an individual's chances of becoming infected with STIs and treating the already infected ones, thus improving their health (Satterwhite et al., 2017). In a scenario where Janie, a 22 tears old lady, is suffering from STIs, and she is attending the hospital for treatment despite her declining an examination for the first time. Jane is having extreme symptoms of gonorrhoea, which requires immediate admission and treatment.

Therefore, health providers have to use simple, non-judgmental, and non-threatening ways to initiate a discussion with jane regarding her illness so that she may accept to take a medical examination and undergo treatment if she tests positive (Banger et al., 2017). In my assessment, I will use a strategy whereby I will question Jane about understanding her conditions and treatments and what she would like to learn. By doing so, I will use probing and open-ended questions. From her responses, I will be able to make a conclusion and derive discussion from it. Patient Education/Teaching Plan In my plan to teach the patient, I will include detailed information on improving her health.

That is by avoiding stress, eating healthy foods, and consuming a lot of beverages. The plan will also include information on how the illness is prevented and ways to avoid infecting other people. That is by use of protection when having sex. Early signs and symptoms of the disease are also crucial for the patient to know and thus should be included in the plan. Description of mHealth App A “mHealth app†is an app offered by health care associations to their patients.

The app is useful for entree self-service freely from their mobile phones and other wireless devices. These apps help improve wellness, health tracking, information, and time management, primarily for those patients taking medicines at the described time and medical education and training. One of the critical applications that would benefit Jane is the Stdmaster app. It is one of the most robust apps on the Appstore for testing and treatment of STIs. The app is crucial as it provides information about sexual health to its users.

Using this app, one can know the signs and symptoms of various STIs and their treatment. This app's targeted audience is sexually active teenagers aged 15-19 years and young adults aged 20-25 years as they are at high risk of acquiring STIs. This app is also crucial for anybody suffering from these infections. The application is available for mobile and smartphones and other wireless devices (Larson, 2018). Other supporting systems for the application are windows 7,8, 10, and Mac computers.

One can download it freely from google play store or Appstore. Additionally, the app offers multiple languages to its users, and one can use the language which he or she understands best. References Banger, H. S., Sethi, A., Malhotra, S., Malhotra, S. K., & Kaur, T. (2017).

Clinico-epidemiological profile of patients attending Suraksha Clinic of tertiary care hospital of North India. Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS , 38 (1), 54. Larson, R. S. (2018). A path to better-quality mHealth apps.

JMIR mHealth and uHealth , 6 (7), e10414. Satterwhite, C.L., et al. (2017). Sexually Transmitted Infection among U.S. Women and Men: Prevalence and Incidence Estimates, 2008. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 40 (3), .

DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318286bb53. Milestone 1 NR361 updated format DLP 8.2020

Paper for above instructions

Introduction to RSA

RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) is a widely used asymmetric cryptographic algorithm primarily utilized for secure data transmission. The RSA algorithm is predicated on the mathematical properties of prime numbers and the difficulty of integer factorization. The security of RSA relies on two keys: a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption, both derivatively related but distinct. In this assignment, we were tasked with decrypting a ciphertext given the public key parameters (N, e), where the values are N = (a product of primes) and e = 65537.

Step 1: Factorization of N

Given that N consists of several prime numbers, the first step entails factorizing N into its constituent prime factors. While factorization may seem straightforward for smaller integers, it poses a significant challenge for larger values but becomes manageable under the context provided in our assignment.
Let's assume, for sake of illustration, that the value of N was provided in the assignment material, and let’s denote it as \(N = 1234567890123456789\). For educational purposes, we will conduct a hypothetical factorization.
Using factorization tools (such as those provided in the course material), we can find the prime factors. Let’s say our factorization yields:
- \(p_1 = 1033\)
- \(p_2 = 1373\)
- \(p_3 = 1543\)
- \(p_4 = 1721\)
- \(p_5 = 2027\)
These factors are illustrative. In a real context, students would use computational tools or libraries such as Python’s sympy or sage.math to accomplish this.

Step 2: Calculate Euler’s Totient Function φ(N)

The formula for Euler’s Totient function for multiple prime factors is:
\[
φ(N) = (p_1 - 1)(p_2 - 1)(p_3 - 1) \ldots (p_k - 1)
\]
Given the factors we hypothesized:
\[
φ(N) = (1032)(1372)(1542)(1720)(2026)
\]
Calculating this product would yield a specific integer value representing the number of integers less than N that are coprime to N.

Step 3: Compute the Private Key d

The private key \(d\) is calculated using the extended Euclidean algorithm to find the modular inverse of \(e\) modulo \(φ(N)\):
\[
d \equiv e^{-1} \mod φ(N)
\]
Given \(e = 65537\) (which is a common choice), and after computing \(φ(N)\) from the previous step, we would find \(d\) such that:
\[
d \cdot e \mod φ(N) = 1
\]
Suppose after calculations, we found:
- \(d = 194753\) (this is hypothetical).

Step 4: Decrypting the Ciphertext

The final step is to decrypt the ciphertext. The decryption formula in RSA is as follows:
\[
M \equiv C^d \mod N
\]
Where:
- \(M\) is the plaintext message,
- \(C\) is the ciphertext,
- \(d\) is the private key,
- \(N\) is the modulus.
Assuming a ciphertext value of \(C = 9876543210987654321\), we would plug in our values into the equation.
The decryption process results in a plaintext message that we can convert from its numeric representation back to its string format.
To logarithmically compute this, we would again use Python or similar programming languages:
```python
from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
from Crypto.Util.number import inverse
N = ... # specific value of N
e = 65537
phi_n = ... # calculated φ(N)
d = inverse(e, phi_n)
ciphertext = ... # your ciphertext
plaintext = pow(ciphertext, d, N)
```

Output

Once the plaintext numeric result is computed, it may require conversion to human-readable string (usually UTF-8 or ASCII encoding, depending on original encoding during encryption).

Conclusion

In this assignment, we presented the essential steps for decrypting an RSA-encrypted message given a public key. The key steps included the factorization of N, calculating the totient, deriving the private key, and performing the decryption logically. Each step underscores the inherent complexity of RSA and highlights why secure communication is fundamentally challenging yet crucial in today’s digital landscape.

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This encompasses the requirements for the assignment by addressing cryptography principles and real-world encryption challenges, enhancing understanding of RSA's methodology and its practical implications in cybersecurity.