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What are two functions of ECDH and ECDSA? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is C. digital signature. ECDH and ECDSA are elliptic curve algorithms that serve complementary security functions: ECDSA provides digital signatures and ECDH provides key exchange, covering authentication and secure key establishment respectively.

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What are two functions of ECDH and ECDSA? (Choose two.)

Options

  • Anonrepudiation
  • Brevocation
  • Cdigital signature
  • Dkey exchange
  • Eencryption

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • C
    89% (25)
  • D
    7% (2)

Why each option

ECDH and ECDSA are elliptic curve algorithms that serve complementary security functions: ECDSA provides digital signatures and ECDH provides key exchange, covering authentication and secure key establishment respectively.

Anonrepudiation

Nonrepudiation is a security property that results from using ECDSA signatures, but it is the outcome of digital signing rather than a distinct cryptographic function performed by the algorithm.

Brevocation

Certificate revocation is managed by external PKI mechanisms such as CRL (Certificate Revocation List) or OCSP and is not a function performed by either ECDH or ECDSA.

Cdigital signatureCorrect

ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) is specifically designed to generate and verify digital signatures, providing authentication and data integrity using a private key to sign and a corresponding public key to verify. It is the elliptic curve counterpart to RSA signing and is used in TLS certificates, code signing, and IKEv2 authentication.

Dkey exchange
Eencryption

Neither ECDH nor ECDSA directly encrypts data - ECDH produces a shared secret used to derive symmetric encryption keys, and ECDSA only signs and verifies; bulk encryption is performed by separate symmetric algorithms such as AES.

Concept tested: ECDH key exchange and ECDSA digital signature functions

Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.186-5.pdf

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#ECDSA#ECDH#digital signature#key exchange

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