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36. Trifid Cipher example (encoder / decoder) ( Enter your problem )
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1. Trifid Cipher encoder

Text : ABCD efghi
Group Size : 6
Alphabet27 : abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+


Solution:
The Trifid cipher is a polyalphabetic substitution cipher, that uses a 3x3x3 cube to represent 27 characters (A-Z+). It converts each letter into 3 coordinates(layer, row, column), then rearrange them and convert them back to letters to get ciphertext

Key_Alphabet = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+

Layer 1Layer 2Layer 3
123
1abc
2def
3ghi
123
1jkl
2mno
3pqr
123
1stu
2vwx
3yz+

The text is converted to its triplet coordinates (layer, row, column), then written vertically, in group of 6 columns
Plaintextabcdefghi
Text Triplet111112113121122123131132133
Layer111111111
Row111222333
Col123123123

Read each group in rows
111111,111222,123123 | 111,333,123

Now divided up into triplet again and this triplet again turned back to letters
Combined Triplet111111111222123123111333123
Ciphertextaaanffa+f

Plaintext : abcdefghi
Key_Alphabet : abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+
Group Size : 6
Ciphertext : aaanffa+f

2. Trifid Cipher encoder

Text : hello world
Group Size : 4
Alphabet27 : abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+


Solution:
The Trifid cipher is a polyalphabetic substitution cipher, that uses a 3x3x3 cube to represent 27 characters (A-Z+). It converts each letter into 3 coordinates(layer, row, column), then rearrange them and convert them back to letters to get ciphertext

Key_Alphabet = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+

Layer 1Layer 2Layer 3
123
1abc
2def
3ghi
123
1jkl
2mno
3pqr
123
1stu
2vwx
3yz+

The text is converted to its triplet coordinates (layer, row, column), then written vertically, in group of 4 columns
Plaintexthelloworld
Text Triplet132122213213223322223233213121
Layer1122232221
Row3211222312
Col2233323331

Read each group in rows
1122,3211,2233 | 2322,2223,3233 | 21,12,31

Now divided up into triplet again and this triplet again turned back to letters
Combined Triplet112232112233232222233233211231
Ciphertextbqbrqnrrjp

Plaintext : helloworld
Key_Alphabet : abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+
Group Size : 4
Ciphertext : bqbrqnrrjp





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