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What will be the ciphered text if route cipher is used for encrypting the plain text “SANFOUNDRY” with number of columns given to be 5 and route from the bottom right anti clockwise?(a) SUANNDFROY(b) SORAFUDYNN(c) YOFNASUNDRY(d) SANFOUNDRYI had been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.This intriguing question comes from Cryptography in chapter Cryptography of Data Structures & Algorithms II |
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Answer» RIGHT OPTION is (c) YOFNASUNDRY Explanation: For encrypting a plain text using route cipher we use a table having 5 columns as shown below. Then we READ from the bottom right anti CLOCKWISE to cipher the plain text. S A N F O U N D R Y So the ciphered text becomes “YOFNASUNDRY”. |
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