B.E-B.E Computer Science SECURITY IN COMPUTING (Karunya University, Coimbatore-2012)
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Karunya University
(Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences)
(Declared as Deemed to be University under Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956)
End Semester Examination – November/ December - 2012
Subject Title: SECURITY IN COMPUTING Time: 3 hours
Subject Code: 09CS306 Maximum Marks: 100
Answer ALL questions (5 x 20 = 100 Marks)
1. Discuss in detail about the different viruses, their effects and causes.
(OR)
2. a. Explain about Trapdoors and Salami attack with examples. (12)
b. What is a Root kit? Explain XCP and privilege escalation. (8)
3. a. Discuss the security methods of Operating systems. (8)
b. What is Paging? (6)
c. Explain about tagged architecture. (6)
(OR)
4. a. What is a Brute force attack? Give the password guessing steps. (6)
b. Explain password selection criteria. (8)
c. Discuss the problems with biometrics. (6)
5. a. Explain the various Security requirements. (10)
b. What is two-phase update? Explain in detail. (10)
(OR)
6. a. What is Polyinstantiation? Give the characteristics of database security emerge. (5)
b. Explain the proposals for multi-level security. (15)
7. a. How does a network differ from a stand-alone environment? (8)
b. Compare link and end-to-end encryption. (6)
c. What is PKI? Give the issues related to it. (6)
(OR)
8. a. Expand and explain about IDS. (12)
b. Explain PGP and S/MIME. (8)
9. Compulsory:
a. Explain the contents of Security plan. (14)
b. What are the characteristics of a good security policy? Explain in detail. (6)
| Earning: ₹ 5.10/- |
