The Vigenère Cipher is an encryption algorithm that combines the use of a keyword with the message to be encrypted.
A tableau and explanation are provided at http://nob.cs.ucdavis.edu/classes/ecs155-2005-04/handouts/vigenere.html showing an encrypted character for each combination of characters in the message and the keyword. A Vigenère Tableau is also provided in the Learning Resources
Submit a document that includes the following:
- Using the Vigenère Tableau encryption scheme provided with a keyword of KEYWORD, encrypt the following message:
IS INFORMATION SECURITY ESSENTIAL |
- After encrypting the message, decrypt the following message, using KEYWORD as the keyword:
YRJUW WWRIG JTFUW ERECE LCMKL CIWKR R |
For both the encryption and decryption, verify the result by creating two different tables:
- The first table is for the encryption task you completed and will have three rows and 30 columns.
- Each column will correspond to an individual character.
- The first row will correspond to the keyword characters.
- The second row will correspond to the message to be encrypted.
- The third row will correspond to the encrypted message.
- The second table is for the decryption task you completed and will have three rows and 31 columns.
- Each column will correspond to an individual character.
- The first row will correspond to the keyword characters.
- The second row will correspond to the message to be decrypted.
- The third row will correspond to the decrypted message.
- After completing the tables, write a 2-paragraph analysis distinguishing between cryptography and cryptanalysis.
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