The message is called the plaintext because it is the unchanged source information. Example: The cat ran away. The secret message generated is called a cipher or ciphertext and it is the encrypted ...
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Introduction to ciphers and substitution. Alice and Bob and Carl and Julius: terminology and Caesar Cipher ; The key to the matter: generalizing the Caesar Cipher ; Multiplicative ciphers ; Affine ...