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Questions about the lecture 'Cryptography' of the RWTH Aachen Chapter 2 Classical Cryptography

Questions about the lecture 'Cryptography' of the RWTH Aachen Chapter 2 Classical Cryptography


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Who used the technique?

[scytale.classical]

Spartans around 400 BC

What is the tool?

[scytale.classical]

Wand with diameter d (So-called scytale)

How does the encryption works?

[scytale.classical, 3]

1. Blank stripe is wrapped around the wand

2. Letters of message are written column wise

3. Unwrapping the strip leaves a meaningless message

How does the decryption works?

[scytale.classical]

Use wand with same diameter d

What are the tools?

[substitution.classical, 2]

1. Alphabet Sigma={x1,…,xm}

2. Permutation pi \in Sm of {1,…,m}

How does the encryption works?

[substitution.classical]

Substitute letter xi by xpi(i) in the plain-text

How does the decryption works?

[substitution.classical]

Substitute letter xj by xpi’(j) in the cipher-text

What are the variants?

[substitution.classical, 2]

1. Caesar and 2. affine in Zm