LAB ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM STATEMENT

1. Create a list of 5 IP addresses. Using the Nmap tool to scan the first 1000 ports to show the open ports.

2. Use your personal details like name and email id to generate a full key having a 4096-bit key size and 2 months validity using the RSA algorithm in the gpg tool.

Then upload the public key on the Ubuntu keyserver (https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/). After uploading the key, create a document (Assign.txt) and use this key to digitally sign the created file and verify to show that the digital signature is valid.

3. Create a new Linux user with your name, use an easy password (12345), and try to crack the user password using John the Ripper tool.

Further changed the user password to a difficult one (AyX376bcv) and now try to crack the password again.

4. Crack the following hashes using the hashcat tool. The hashes have been generated using the SHA-256 algorithm.

i. 259409fbe5e0df21fe079ae14f01c3c2d1e35c4cdcc52141cd516dc8f42c0300

ii. e7cf3ef4f17c3999a94f2c6f612e8a888e5b1026878e4e19398b23bd38ec221a

iii. 8d969eef6ecad3c29a3a629280e686cf0c3f5d5a86aff3ca12020c923adc6c92

Course with code

Computer Data Security & Privacy / COMP324