CS 512 Cryptography
Question 1. Understanding and Using “cryptool” :
Task 1: Download and install Cryptool 2 software
Cryptool 2: https://www.cryptool.org/en/
Task 2: Use Cryptool 2 to answer the following questions “Use screenshots and description to document your successful results”:
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Perform Hill cipher using the key =on the text below and write the ciphered text below:
“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering”
(“Use screenshots and description to document your successful results”:)
[Marks: 2]
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The following text was encrypted using the Vigenere cipher with Key=”this”. Find the plain-text.
“Mom kxjzwm vn dbmm, lavcya, pa lh mide zmnxu bafla sgk bg zlb mi lqyaa bafla”
(“Use screenshots and description to document your successful results”:)
[Marks: 2]
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