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linzhiyan wrote: Decrypt: Akqmvkm Wtguxqil qa iemawum with a caesar shift of 8
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Question: Decode this affine cipher given that xhr is the encryption of the word "key"
Febz gehfbh vjwh rzpu ahturgijzs xhr
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Name wrote: Question: Decode this affine cipher given that xhr is the encryption of the word "key"
Febz gehfbh vjwh rzpu ahturgijzs xhr
Wait, did you mean Aristocratic or Affine?
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Name wrote: Question: Decode this affine cipher given that xhr is the encryption of the word "key"
Febz gehfbh vjwh rzpu ahturgijzs xhr
Wait, did you mean Aristocratic or Affine?
Affine, although affine is a type of monoalpabetic substitution and you can treat it as a aritocratic cipher although the cipher text might be too short for that. Just use affine I guess
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Name wrote:
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Name wrote: Question: Decode this affine cipher given that xhr is the encryption of the word "key"
Febz gehfbh vjwh rzpu ahturgijzs xhr
Wait, did you mean Aristocratic or Affine?
Affine, although affine is a type of monoalpabetic substitution and you can treat it as a aritocratic cipher although the cipher text might be too short for that. Just use affine I guess
Ahh, ok, thanks! Looks like I've got a lot more studying to do :cry:
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ALSOPLEASEGIVEYOURDECRYPTIONKEY

Decode this Baconian cipher. (Uses the 24 letter cipher alphabet)
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hippo9 wrote:
ALSOPLEASEGIVEYOURDECRYPTIONKEY

Decode this Baconian cipher. (Uses the 24 letter cipher alphabet)
ThinK todAy sIxty fROgS sToLe MaGIc
The answer also asked for the decryption key...

Also do you mean encode the text?
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Name wrote:
hippo9 wrote:
ALSOPLEASEGIVEYOURDECRYPTIONKEY

Decode this Baconian cipher. (Uses the 24 letter cipher alphabet)
ThinK todAy sIxty fROgS sToLe MaGIc
The answer also asked for the decryption key...

Also do you mean encode the text?
Oh sorry its 
a=7 b=5
Also no, it's decoding from that ciphertext to plaintext if you need further explanation just ask.
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hippo9 wrote:
Name wrote:
hippo9 wrote:
ALSOPLEASEGIVEYOURDECRYPTIONKEY

Decode this Baconian cipher. (Uses the 24 letter cipher alphabet)
ThinK todAy sIxty fROgS sToLe MaGIc
The answer also asked for the decryption key...

Also do you mean encode the text?
Oh sorry its 
a=7 b=5
Also no, it's decoding from that ciphertext to plaintext if you need further explanation just ask.
What? I thought encoded baconian cipher was like aaaaa is a aaaab is b aaaba is c etc
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Name wrote:What? I thought encoded baconian cipher was like aaaaa is a aaaab is b aaaba is c etc
It is, but you can convert that to a regular text with the two typefaces representing a/b or 0/1 depending on whether you're using binary or letters, which in the case above the lowercase was a and the uppercase was b
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Oh.
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Decode this Baconian cipher. (Uses the 24 letter cipher alphabet)
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Invert the following encryption matrix
| 5 7|
| 2 1|
ESRKPWPDJZ was encoded using the previous matrix. Using the inverted matrix decode the cipher text
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