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In cryptography, the order of the letters in a message is rearranged by __________(a) transpositional ciphers(b) substitution ciphers(c) both transpositional ciphers and substitution ciphers(d) quadratic ciphersThis question was addressed to me during an online exam.The query is from Cryptography in division Networking of Computer Network

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Correct ANSWER is (a) transpositional ciphers

Explanation: In transposition ciphers, the ORDER of LETTERS in a plaintext message is SHUFFLED using a pre-defined method. Some of such ciphers are Rail fence cipher and Columnar transposition.



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