Decrypt the cipher

Modern day cryptography involves a lot of number theory. Passwords and other sensitive data need to be encrypted before being transmitted via the internet, there can be several encryption schemes, here are two simple encryption schemes

Password : "secret" and if the encryption scheme is a shift of 1 letter in the alphabet then the encrypted password = tfdsfu. If there is a key (key value abcdef) used along with our sample password "secret" then each of the letters in the password is shifted by 1,2,,3,4,5 and 6 letters respectively so the encrypted password is "tgfvjz"

So if the encrypted password is "bvrf" and the key is "adeg" what is the original password ?..

army arms beds bark

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1 solution

Srinivasa Gopal
Nov 28, 2019

Encrypted password : "bvrf" Key :adeg

a = 1, b= 2,c=3, d=4,e=5,f=6,g=7,h=8,i=9,j=10, k=11 ,l=12,m=13,n=14,o=15,p=16,q=17,r=18,s=19,t=20,u=21,v=22,w=23,x=24,y=25,z=26

b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

unencrypted password = encrypted password - key

bvrf = 2, 22, 18, 6 minus adeg = 1, 4 5, 7 = 1,18,13,-1 = 1,18,13,25 = "a","r","m","y"

= army.

Check that v is the 22 n d 22nd letter and r is the 18 t h 18th letter. The 21 s t 21st letter is u .

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 6 months ago

Thanks for pointing this out. Have modified the problem

Srinivasa Gopal - 1 year, 6 months ago

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It's okay.

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