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70 CHAPTER 4. THE EUCLIDEAN ALGORITHM<br />

10. In a Decimation Cipher the enciphering key must be smaller than an<br />

relatively prime to the modulus. Since there are 12 numbers between 1<br />

and 26 whose gcd with 26 is 1, there are 12 Decimation Ciphers modulo<br />

26.<br />

(a) How many Decimation Ciphers are there modulo 7 (Hint: how<br />

many numbers are smaller and relatively prime to 7) How many<br />

(b) How many Decimation Ciphers are there modulo 18<br />

(c) How many Decimation Ciphers are there modulo 28<br />

(d) How many Decimation Ciphers are there modulo 35 (It might be<br />

easier to first find the numbers that are not proper enciphering keys.)<br />

11. The following is a decimation cipher. Use the techniques <strong>of</strong> this chapter<br />

to decrypt it.<br />

PYETO MLWPQ QRVOT TWDQK IODQW WTYUR SEQSP JODWP UOTTO SMWVS AQWRQ<br />

SDQ.<br />

12. The following is a linear cipher. With the hint that the three most common<br />

letters are eit (although not necessarily in that order), can you decrypt<br />

it<br />

JXYVK MDZYJ PNFJK NLXLD SHYNM NWZMD HGNXG JPLJW NWZLO NFMFQ TMNFW<br />

DMNPP LENJM LIVKL YXLKM NQIL<br />

13. Alex’s public Kid-RSA gives e = 361 and N = 4063. Suppose you’ve<br />

captured the message “I used your PK. 630, 3518, 269, 3157, 722, 899,<br />

3157, 177, 1352, 630, 1352, 1444, 3157, 177, 1805, 991, 3157, 899, 2166,<br />

3249, 3879, 1805.<br />

GTTGM JNQJZ DMFF.<br />

Can you decrypt the message<br />

14. Corrine’s public Kid-RSA lists e = 495 and N = 2644. You’ve intercepted<br />

a message for her: “Use<br />

978, 2475, 314, 2475, 978, 1473, 2475, 1980, 495, 652, 2632, 1316, 495,<br />

990, 2475, 1968.<br />

XZHS RM YLC MFNYVI GVM.<br />

Can you decrypt the message

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