1.    Calculate the number of passwords that can be generated from the following character sets. Assume each password is 10 characters long. Use factorial or exponential notation to express your answer: ·    How many passwords can be generated from the set of 26 upper case alphabetic characters? You can use each character more then once (i.e. with replacement). ·    How many passwords can be generated from the set of upper and lower case alphabetic characters? You can use each character more then once (i.e. with replacement). 2.    Calculate the number of passwords from the following character set {a, b, c, d, e}. Use factorial or exponential notation to express your answer. Also calculate the integer answer. Assume the passwords contain 5 characters. There are two questions to be answered below. 20 points ·    Number of passwords with character replacement. ·    Number of passwords with no character replacement.
3.    A type of security attack is called social engineering. 20 points ·    Describe what a social engineering attack is. ·    Provide examples of 3 specific social engineering attacks. ·    Describe how social engineering attacks can be defended against. 4.    Write a password policy for your employer that could be used for new employees. This policy should contain guidelines for the new employee on how to:  20 points ·    Select their password. · Maintain their password. ·   Protect their password. 5.    This question is about dictionary attacks. ·    Describe what a dictionary attack is. ·    How can dictionary attacks be optimized for fast attacks? ·    How can dictionary attacks be defended against? Consider real time attacks and offline attacks where the password file has been stolen. Provide 2 examples with descriptions.
For the following questions I would like you to discuss the particulars of each attack scenario and how Kerberos defends against it. You will need to consider various elements of the attack scenarios. Some attacks can be…