‣ Transposition cipher is a method of encryption by which the positions held by units of plaintext are shifted according to a specific algorithm, so that the ciphertext constitutes a permutation of the plaintext. Unlike a simple substitution cipher which switches the letters of a message around. Transposition Ciphers works by messing with the order of the letters to hide the message being sent.
You can think of this in a way similar to an anagram, but with a more set structure so it can be decrypted easily if you know how it was encrypted.
One example of a transposition cipher, is to reverse the order of the letters in a plaintext. So "a simple example" becomes "ELPMAXE ELPMIS A". Another, similar, way to encrypt a message would be to reverse the letters of each word, but not the order in which the words are written.
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DECIPHER: A Compilation of codes and ciphers
Random✘ - - - DECIPHER is a book compilation that tackles different, new and old codes/ciphers. In addition, this book begins with the definition of cryptography along with it's different terminology for begginers, and better understanding. Interested? W...
