Easy Encryption Ciphers
Many messages need to be kept secret, for few people’s eyes only and that is why cryptology was invented. In the world of cryptology, there are many different strategies of enciphering or encoding message. Enciphering is a way of substituting letters or numbers in the place of components that make up words. There are many ways to encipher messages, though some are not always the best ways to hide secret messages. In the following, I will discuss the methods of encoding and decoding certain ciphers, as well as how hard they are to break. The first method of cipher to discuss is called Caesar cipher or additive cipher. In this technique of encryption, the alphabet slides either to the right or left, so that each letter is replaced by another letter that represents it throughout the message, keeping the alphabet in consecutive order. For example, if “a” is shifted three positions to the left, represented as “X”, then “Y” would stand for “b.” This means that there are twenty-six different ciphers of this system, one for each letter. The best way of encoding a Caser cipher is to make a key. First, write the alphabet once in lower case. Then match up the shift to its desired position on the alphabet, writing the cipher alph
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Approximate Word count = 1781
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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