3. Suppose that you have intercepted the following ciphertext message from me, which you know to...

 

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3. Suppose that you have intercepted the following ciphertext message from me, which you know to have been encrypted either with a monoalphabetic substitution cipher or a transposition cipher: hkypdukidpdufbnkaopektpkktpdswtrgtsktpacfiwdt a) Based on the contents of this message, would you guess this was encrypted using substitution or transposition? Justify your answer! b) Give a general method for determining whether a message is encrypted using monoalphabetic substitution or using transposition. 3. Suppose that you have intercepted the following ciphertext message from me, which you know to have been encrypted either with a monoalphabetic substitution cipher or a transposition cipher: hkypdukidpdufbnkaopektpkktpdswtrgtsktpacfiwdt a) Based on the contents of this message, would you guess this was encrypted using substitution or transposition? Justify your answer! b) Give a general method for determining whether a message is encrypted using monoalphabetic substitution or using transposition.

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a Based on the contents of the message it is more likely that the message was encrypted using a mono... View the full answer