Exercise 1: Full RSA Key Generation and Round Trip for p=5, q=11, e=3 — Possible Solution ==================================================================== STEP 1-2: n ------------------------------ p = 5, q = 11. n = p*q = 55. STEP 3: phi(n) ------------------------------ phi(55) = (5-1)(11-1) = 4*10 = 40 STEP 4: CHECK e=3 IS VALID ------------------------------ gcd(3, 40): 3 and 40 share no common factors (3 is prime, and 40 is not a multiple of 3) - gcd(3,40) = 1. Valid choice. STEP 5: COMPUTE d VIA THE EXTENDED EUCLIDEAN ALGORITHM ------------------------------ Running extended_gcd(3, 40): 40 = 3*13 + 1 -> q=13 3 = 1*3 + 0 -> stop, gcd=1 Back-substituting (or tracking coefficients directly): the extended Euclidean algorithm gives d = 27. Check: 3*27 = 81. 81 mod 40 = 1 (since 81 = 40*2 + 1). Confirmed: e*d ≡ 1 (mod 40). STEP 6: KEYS ------------------------------ Public key: (n=55, e=3) Private key: (n=55, d=27) ENCRYPT AND DECRYPT m=4 ------------------------------ Encrypt: c = 4^3 mod 55 = 64 mod 55 = 9 Decrypt: m = 9^27 mod 55 = 4 RESULT ------------------------------ The round trip is confirmed: encrypting 4 gives 9, and decrypting 9 with the private key correctly recovers 4. WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER ------------------------------ Every one of this chapter's own six key-generation steps is carried out explicitly and in order (including the gcd validity check on e, not skipped), and the encrypt/decrypt round trip is verified with real numbers rather than assumed to work because the earlier steps were correct.