GSLC · Question #516
You work as a Software Developer for PassGuide Inc. The company has several branches worldwide. The company uses Visual Studio.NET 2005 as its application development platform. You have recently…
The correct answer is A. Cryptosystem. A computer or system that implements cryptographic algorithms and operations is called a cryptosystem. The other options refer to human roles or software toolsets, not to the implementing system itself.
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You work as a Software Developer for PassGuide Inc. The company has several branches worldwide. The company uses Visual Studio.NET 2005 as its application development platform. You have recently finished the development of an application using .NET Framework 2.0. The application can be used only for cryptography. Therefore, you have implemented the application on a computer. What will you call the computer that implemented cryptography?
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- ACryptosystem
- BCryptographer
- CCryptographic toolkit
- DCryptanalyst
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A computer or system that implements cryptographic algorithms and operations is called a cryptosystem. The other options refer to human roles or software toolsets, not to the implementing system itself.
A cryptosystem is formally defined as a suite of cryptographic algorithms together with the hardware or software that executes encryption and decryption, making it the precise term for a computer dedicated to implementing cryptographic operations.
A cryptographer is a person who designs or applies cryptographic techniques, not a machine or system performing those operations.
A cryptographic toolkit refers to a software library or collection of cryptographic utilities, not to the physical or logical system that implements cryptography end-to-end.
A cryptanalyst is a person who studies and attempts to break cryptographic systems, which is the inverse of a system designed to perform secure cryptographic operations.
Concept tested: Cryptography terminology - definition of cryptosystem
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/cryptosystem
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