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A symmetric cipher system has an IC of 0.041. What is the length of the key ‘m’?(a) 1(b) 3(c) 2(d) 5The question was posed to me during an interview.Question is taken from Substitution and Transposition Techniques in division Classical Encryption Techniques of Cryptograph & Network Security |
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Answer» CORRECT CHOICE is (d) 5 For EXPLANATION I would say: USING the formula for calculating ‘m’ we GET m=5, where m≈0.027n/(I_c (n-1)-0.038n+0.065). |
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