Can substitution ciphers be broken by a brute force attack?
Friday, 09 August 2024
by Emmanuel Udofia
Substitution ciphers represent one of the earliest and simplest forms of encryption, dating back to ancient civilizations. The fundamental principle behind a substitution cipher is the replacement of each letter in the plaintext with another letter from the alphabet, as dictated by a fixed system or key. This methodology can be exemplified by the Caesar