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156 CHAPTER 8. POLYALPHABETIC CIPHERS<br />

13. What is the key for an Auto Key cipher<br />

14. Give a strength and a weakness <strong>of</strong> the Auto Key Cipher.<br />

15. What is “Perfect Secrecy”<br />

16. How does the One-Time Pad work<br />

17. Give a strength and a weakness <strong>of</strong> the One-Time Pad system.<br />

8.9 Exercises<br />

For Problems 1 through 6, do a frequency count and use it to compute Φ. Use<br />

this value to estimate the keylength. Try to find a couple <strong>of</strong> repetitions in<br />

the ciphertext that seem to validate your keylength guess. Then decipher the<br />

message.<br />

1. COMUB XWYKU OXTIY UBXNQ AFLXC SMIYR BLXUI UFJKF ZXSLX EUKFN ASYXU<br />

BTUNA FSUFH HUFTC IKJIN TNHXL BUYTO XKFUW FNABN MIYRC YXJGI PMLJV<br />

EFNHE CLDSI IYKBH WJHLP GXDUL FMMIU MUBXZ VXFQB UBHVN LVMIJ NBPH<br />

2. ZYIBX YKXHT ZTENU KVBPX IKIDB YKLAM ZYIDX MIIEH LJICN XZXYU KXVET<br />

ZVRON MYXOW KCEYL UCYTB UEFYM NVINX SPJOK YLGHT RVRGM NFJTB SVXHT<br />

ZNLEG ZYISH RLXIH TZWFB TRPLR XVECA KUXHX OEJOK SRXIH TKLUL USXAB<br />

TVHHT YCSSM GCPIM YMELN K<br />

3. (a) QZIQU DTKUT IWCUG LJZIU MSVHO KIGNZ IDCEW KIMPG VWRHP WVWIS<br />

POIOE QSDIW NWVWI STSYS VWQAG HUDMN YLLHH MQEYJ SIFWX WYJWX<br />

HVIUY SGKEW CLMLS EYSWV GSPOU KTRMK MEFW<br />

(b) What is the meaning <strong>of</strong> the quote<br />

4. IKUQN VOCSJ MPYKA BIJFG NXGGS YOYRV RSLCK ZEKIC EEMQY JFCMF RCNTU<br />

NHVDK EEFCN MUQIF ZCDWA PADAK EEFYR PQVCY MLGVA DLVFR EIEZE KICEE<br />

ECVVD YLZEM LRFCD GQMPC QYNUM KEKTM DFRAR PBROX DYPYK GNUQB TFSMV<br />

VDLTY QAOID CSGAL DVZAE SQRWV QLDZR DEIQL TRDKY TTGEW EDOIM LUEXG<br />

MZFCD KUKE<br />

5. This one is a bit harder:<br />

MOVBA NZLIB GFLTR DWJBW YEJZU BKIXP ZVKHG SWVWA XLPDF RVZBB JUSSE<br />

FWOMU WVLTL OXRVY LOXJF NKLJB VNULL VWTZP LPEGW UNPKY OHLVT CSZBV<br />

EADSR WRIFM NSKHW VPUVR KVYAY EVLML TTWKV PGHWY LZFMW ABTVS LOKHJ<br />

HWKFL KHGBZ OKHWM TBCTD HRPET ZLBYF WFZMB GIVPM F

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