CHAPTER 2

COLUMNAR TRANSPOSITION

THIS CHAPTER defines columnar transposition encipherment. Searching for a fragment of text (cribbing) and using the statistical characteristics of the language to recover the plaintext and key will be explained. Problems to test your skills follow the text.

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