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The Index of Coincidence is –(a) 0.065(b) 0.048(c) 0.067(d) 0.044This question was posed to me in examination.My doubt is from Substitution and Transposition Techniques in section Classical Encryption Techniques of Cryptograph & Network Security

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Correct CHOICE is (d) 0.044

Easy EXPLANATION: Number of LETTERS = 145.From this, IC=0.0438697 .This is very strong evidence that the MESSAGE CAME from a polyalphabetic ciphering scheme.



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