ASSIGNMENT 1
1- Encrypt the plaintext “COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON.” With
the vigenere key, “PIZZA”, mod 26.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2 21 22 23 24 25 26
P I Z Z A P I Z Z A P I Z Z A P I Z Z A P I Z Z
C O M M O N S E N S E I S N O T S O C O M M O N
S X M M P D B E N T U R S N P J B O C P C V O N
SXMMPD BENTU RS NPJ BO CPCVON
2-Use the PLAYFAIR CIPHER to encrypt the message: “she is a funny
girl” by using key: PENCILE.
Steps:
1- SHEISAFUNNYGIRL
2- SH EI SA FU NX NY GI RL
P E N C I
L A B D F
G H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
P E N C I
L A B D F
G H → K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
SH →RK
P E → N C I→
L A B D F
G H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
EI→NP
P E N C I
L A→ B D F
G H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
SA→RB
P E N C I
L A B D F
G H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
FU→OZ
P E N C I
L A B D F
G H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
NX→BN
P E N→ C I
L A B D F
G H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
NY→CX
P E N C I
L A B D F
G→ H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
GI→OP
P E N C I
L→ A B D F
G H K M O
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
RL→QA
RKN PR B OZBNCX OPQA
3-A certain message is encoded with a 2 letter key y using VIGENERE
CIPHER. The encrypted message is “BWGWBHQSJBBKNF”. If the second
character plain-text is “I”. Break the cipher and find the answer.
I N I N I N I N I N I N I N
S I X I S T H E A N S W E R
B W G W B H Q S J B B K N F
SIX IS THE ANSWER
4-Crack the following CAESAR CIPHER text “QP VJKU FCA YG ICVJGT
DGECWUG YG JCXG EJQUGP JQRG QXGT HGCT”
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ON THIS DAY WE GATHER BECAUSE WE HAVE CHOSEN HOPE OVER
FEAR