Chapter 11. Cryptography

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

Image Explain common terms used in the field of cryptography

Image Outline what mechanisms constitute a strong cryptosystem

Image Demonstrate how to encrypt and decrypt messages using the transposition method

Image Demonstrate how to ...

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