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    Columnar Transposition Cipher Encryption / Decryption

    Given a plain-text message and a numeric key, cipher/de-cipher the given text using
    Columnar Transposition Cipher
    The Columnar Transposition Cipher is a form of transposition cipher just like Rail Fence
    Cipher. Columnar Transposition involves writing the plaintext out in rows, and then reading
    the ciphertext off in columns one by one.

    Encryption
    In a transposition cipher, the order of the alphabets is re-arranged to obtain the cipher-text.
    1. The message is written out in rows of a fixed length, and then read out again column
    by column, and the columns are chosen in some scrambled order.
    2. Width of the rows and the permutation of the columns are usually defined by a
    keyword.
    3. For example, the word HAACK is of length 4 (so the rows are of length 4), and the
    permutation is defined by the alphabetical order of the letters in the keyword. In this
    case, the order would be “3 1 2 4”.
    4. Any spare spaces are filled with nulls or left blank or placed by a character (Example:
    X).
    5. Finally, the message is read off in columns, in the order specified by the keyword.

    Example: Encrypt the message M= “EVERYBODY CAN AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS”


    using Columnar Transposition Cipher, given the key K= “82465137”

    Key 8 2 4 6 5 1 3 7
    M E V E R Y B O D
    Y C A N A F F E
    C T E D B Y C O
    R O N A V I R U
    S X X X X X X X

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    B V O E Y R D E
    F C F A A N E Y
    Y T C E B D O C
    I O R N V A U R
    X X X X X X X S
    C= BFYIXVCTOXOFCRXEAENXYABVXRNDAXDEOUXEYCRS
    Decryption
    1. To decipher it, the recipient has to work out the column lengths by dividing the
    message length by the key length.
    2. Then, write the message out in columns again, then re-order the columns by
    reforming the key word.

    Examples: decrypt the message C=


    “BFYIXVCTOXOFCRXEAENXYABVXRNDAXDEOUXEYCRS”
    using Columnar Transposition Cipher, given the key K= “82465137”
    Since the ciphertext length = 40 and the key length = 8 then
    40/8 = 5
    That means I will distribute the cipher text int 4 rows and the
    remaining put it in the last row
    Key 8 2 4 6 5 1 3 7
    C E V E R Y B O D
    Y C A N A F F E
    C T E D B Y C O
    R O N A V I R U
    S X X X X X X X

    P= EVERYBODY CAN AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS

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