Comptia Security+ Cryptography 2

Which mode of operation for a block cipher has the characteristic that each possible block of plaintext has a defined corresponding ciphertext value and vice versa?

True or false: Rivest-Shamir-Adleman, or RSA, is an algorithm used for symmetric key cryptography.

In password protection, what is the name of a random string of data used to modify a password hash called?

Which cryptography approach is most often used by today’s internet businesses and users?

What is the name of the issuer of public key infrastructure certificates?

Which of the following was not a final contender in NIST’s assessment of Data Encryption Standard, or DES, replacements?

Which encryption algorithm supplanted DES?

What is a trial-and-error method used to decode encrypted data through exhaustive effort rather than employing intellectual strategies?

What is the inclusion of a secret message in otherwise unencrypted text or images called?

What is the Diffie-Hellman key exchange vulnerable to?

What is a widely used privacy-ensuring program by individuals and corporations?

Until when will 2,048-bit RSA keys be sufficient?

What is the name of the encryption/decryption key known only to the party or parties that exchange secret messages?

Which of the following was commonly used in cryptography during World War II?

How long would a 10-bit message be after being encrypted by a stream cipher?