Homework #4

Due: March 5, 2021
Points: 100


Questions

  1. (25 points) Suppose composite machine catdog (see Section 9.4.1) receives no HIGH inputs. Does it emit the same value from the left and the right? If so, prove it; if not, give a counterexample.

  2. (25 points) Consider again the algorithm in Figure 9–7. The power used is another side channel for most instantiations of this algorithm. Explain how this side channel works. How might you add sufficient noise to it to render it unusable?

  3. (15 points) Prove that for n = 2, H(X) is maximal when p1 = p2 = 1/2.

  4. (15 points) Consider the statement
    
    if (x = 1) and (y = 1) then z := 1 
    
    where x and y can each be 0 or 1, with both equally likely and z is initially 0. Compute the conditional probabilities H(x | z′) and H(y | z′).

  5. (20 points) Let L = (SL, ≤L) be a lattice. Define:
    1. SIL = { [a, b] | a, bSa <L b }
    2. IL = { ([a1, b1], [a2, b2]) | a1L a2b1L b2 }
    3. lubIL([a1, b1], [a2, b2]) = (lubL(a1, a2), lubL(b1, b2))
    4. glbIL([a1, b1], [a2, b2]) = (glbL(a1, a2), glbL(b1, b2))
    Prove that the structure IL = (SIL, IL) is a lattice.


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ECS 235B, Foundations of Computer and Information Security
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