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=Encryption=
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=TRC Video=
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<youtube>Fso4xTG2FMw</youtube>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fso4xTG2FMw
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=Definitions=
  
 
'''Plain text''' - The data in human readable form.
 
'''Plain text''' - The data in human readable form.
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'''Cipher text''' - The encrypted data which can only be understood if decrypted.
 
'''Cipher text''' - The encrypted data which can only be understood if decrypted.
  
Caesar Cipher:
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=Encryption Methods=
The creator was Julius Caesar.
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[[Caesar / Substitution Cipher]]
  
It is a substitution cipher which works by shifting letters by a number.
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[[Vernam Cipher]]

Latest revision as of 07:55, 23 August 2023

TRC Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fso4xTG2FMw

Definitions

Plain text - The data in human readable form.

Cipher - An encryption method or algorithm.

Key - The data used to encrypt or decrypt the plain text.

Cipher text - The encrypted data which can only be understood if decrypted.

Encryption Methods

Caesar / Substitution Cipher

Vernam Cipher