Suppose Alice wants to send an e-mail to Bob. Bob has a public-private key pair (K+B,K-B)' and

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Suppose Alice wants to send an e-mail to Bob. Bob has a public-private key pair (K+B,K-B)' and Alice has Bob's certificate. But Alice does not have a public, private key pair. Alice and Bob (and the entire world) Share the same hash function H(·).
a. In this situation, is it possible to design a scheme so that Bob can verify that Alice created the message? If so, show how with a block diagram for Alice and Bob.
b. Is it possible to design a scheme that provides confidential.ity for sending the message from Alice to Bob? If so, show how with a block diagram for Alice and Bob.
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Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach

ISBN: 978-0136079675

5th edition

Authors: James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross

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