Cryptography Assignemnt

For this assignment, you will solve the problem presented using Figure 7.17 located in our text and write a 2-3 page report that includes the following:

• 2-3 pages of content minimum (does not include cover, abstract or references pages)
• The paper must conform to full APA guidelines to include a cover page, abstract, headers, introduction, body paragraphs with appropriate headings/subheadings, conclusion, and a reference page.
• All sources must be cited and referenced. Remember, unless the statement is common knowledge, you must cite and reference your sources.
• You must use at least one peer-reviewed source

Problem:  You want to build a hardware device to do block encryption in the cipher block chaining (CBC) mode using an algorithm stronger than DES. 3DES is a good candidate. Figure 7.17 shows two possibilities, both of which follow from the definition of CBC. Which of the two would you choose and why:

1. For security?
2. For performance?

You must fully explain and support your justification and reasoning.

FULL APA FORMATTING IS REQUIRED! 

Follow all academic integrity policies.  Please read them again if you are unfamiliar.  I will be using SafeAssign.  You may also submit your work to SafeAssign up to 3 times to check your own work for similarity. I will grade the last submission.