Assignment 3: Choose a Cipher Suite
Due October 3, 2026 at 11:59pm · 50 points
Instructions
- Compare two TLS cipher suites and recommend one for a public web application.
- Break each suite into its parts: key exchange, authentication, bulk cipher, and MAC/hash.
- Justify the choice in terms of confidentiality, integrity, forward secrecy, and performance.
- Describe how the private key will be generated, stored, rotated, and revoked.
- State one attack your recommendation defends against and one it does not.