February 2020
Beginner
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A shift cipher was used to obtain the ciphertext kddmu. Decrypt it by trying all possibilities.
In[1]:= allshifts[”kddkmu”]
kddkmuleelnvmffmownggnpxohhoqypiiprzqjjqsarkkrtbsllsuctmmtvdunnuwevoovxfwppwygxqqxzhyrryaizsszbjattackbuubdlcvvcemdwwdfnexxegofyyfhpgzzgiqhaahjribbiksjccjlt
As you can see, attack is the only word that occurs on this list, so that was the plaintext.
Encrypt the plaintext message cleopatra using the affine function :
In[2]:=affinecrypt["cleopatra", 7, 8]
Out[2]=whkcjilxi
The ciphertext mzdvezc was encrypted using the affine function . Decrypt it.
SOLUTION
First, solve for to obtain . We need ...
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