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26. Rail fence Cipher example (encoder / decoder) ( Enter your problem )
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1. Examples





1. Rail fence Cipher encoder

Text : ABCD efghi
Number of Rail : 3
Offset : 0


Solution:
The rail fence cipher is a simple transposition cipher that encrypts plaintext by writing it in a zigzag pattern across N rows(rails) and reading it row by row

Write in Zigzag pattern across 3 rows(rails)
A h
BDegi
Cf

Read it row by row
A hBDegiCf

Plaintext : ABCD efghi
NumRail : 3
Offset : 0
Ciphertext : A hBDegiCf

2. Rail fence Cipher encoder

Text : hello world
Number of Rail : 3
Offset : 0


Solution:
The rail fence cipher is a simple transposition cipher that encrypts plaintext by writing it in a zigzag pattern across N rows(rails) and reading it row by row

Write in Zigzag pattern across 3 rows(rails)
hor
el ol
lwd

Read it row by row
horel ollwd

Plaintext : hello world
NumRail : 3
Offset : 0
Ciphertext : horel ollwd





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