Question

Step 1. Select a case-sensitive word
Choose one word from the following list:

big
NOV
HOP
him
Step 2. Convert to ASCII Values
Convert each character of your selected word into its corresponding ASCII value in decimal. Refer to the ASCII tableLinks to an external site..

Step 3. RSA Encryption
Visit the RSA Step-by-Step tool Links to an external site.Familiarize yourself with the RSA encryption procedure. Keep all parameters at their default settings. If necessary, refresh the web page to ensure the parameters are reset to default values.

Step 4. Encrypt
ASCII Values Navigate to Step 3: Encrypt on the web page. Enter the ASCII values (denoted as 'm') one by one into the tool. Record the resultant encrypted value ('c') for each ASCII value.

Step 5. Record the Three-Character Cipher Text
The resulting three-character cipher text is ____________.

Answer 1

Let's go through the steps you provided:

### Step 1: Select a case-sensitive word
I'll choose the word **"NOV"**.

### Step 2: Convert to ASCII Values
Now, let's convert each character of "NOV" to its corresponding ASCII value:

- N: 78
- O: 79
- V: 86

So the ASCII values for "NOV" are:
- 78, 79, 86

### Step 3: RSA Encryption
Now, let's familiarize ourselves with the RSA encryption procedure. This usually involves generating a pair of keys (public and private) and using the public key for encryption. However, as this is a hypothetical exercise, I won't be generating keys in real-time.

### Step 4: Encrypt
If we're using a typical RSA encryption, you would enter each ASCII value one at a time into the RSA tool to get the encrypted values.

For demonstration purposes, let's assume we use standard RSA parameters and enter the values 78, 79, and 86 one at a time.

Assuming:
- Public key: (e, n) where, for example, e = 3 and n = 187 (for illustrative purposes)

The encryption formula is:
\[ c = m^e \mod n \]

1. For ASCII value **78**:
\[ c_1 = 78^3 \mod 187 \]
(You would calculate this number)

2. For ASCII value **79**:
\[ c_2 = 79^3 \mod 187 \]
(Again, calculate this number)

3. For ASCII value **86**:
\[ c_3 = 86^3 \mod 187 \]
(Last calculation)

You would input all these numbers into your RSA tool to get values for c1, c2, and c3.

### Step 5: Record the Three-Character Cipher Text
The resultant three-character cipher text would be the combination of the encrypted values you obtained from the tool.

Since I cannot access external tools to encrypt those specific ASCII values, please use the hypothetical examples given in the step about entering values into the RSA encryption tool to arrive at c1, c2, and c3.

Once you have those values and they are converted back to characters (e.g., through ASCII conversion), you will have your final cipher text.

So, you should have:
- The output from the RSA encryption will be your final three-character cipher text.

You’ll need to run the RSA encryption tool to find the exact values yourself.