Question: Using Simple irregular Transposition Cipher, You have intercepted the following ciphertext, and you suspect an irregular transposition cipher (so the number of letters need not
Using Simple irregular Transposition Cipher, You have intercepted the following ciphertext, and you suspect an irregular transposition cipher (so the number of letters need not be a multiple of the keylength). EUONI TSTEE TAMTE IRSSN HQFIV EORSW IGIYP IRGNH ARTIH OG The text was encrypted by your friend Charles Babbage, and you suspect he was lazy and used either his first or last name as a keyword. a) [4pt] Based on the number of letters and the two possible keys, how many long and how many short columns are there in each case? b) [4pt] For both possible keys, determine the order in which the columns of the pt occur in the ciphertext. (E.g. if the key were pear, the order would be 3, 2, 1, 4) c) [4pt] Based on your findings in a) and b) decrypt the ciphertext. Hint: even though this is irregular, you know the length of each column, since you have the order. So no guessing is involved.
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