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Playfair ciphers

Playfair ciphers. Matrix-based block cipher used in WWI In a 5x5 matrix, write the letters of the word “playfair” (for example) without dups, and fill in with other letters of the alphabet, except I,J used interchangeably. Playfair encryption. Break plaintext into letter pairs

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Playfair ciphers

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  1. Playfair ciphers • Matrix-based block cipher used in WWI • In a 5x5 matrix, write the letters of the word “playfair” (for example) without dups, and fill in with other letters of the alphabet, except I,J used interchangeably.

  2. Playfair encryption • Break plaintext into letter pairs • If a pair would contain double letters, split with x • Pad end with x • hellothere becomes… • he lx lo th er ex • For each pair, • If they are in the same row, replace each with the letter to its right (mod 5) • he  KG • If they are in the same column, replace each with the letter below it (mod 5) • lo  RV • Otherwise, replace each with letter we’d get if we swapped their column indices • lx YV He lx lo th er ex KG YV RV QM GI KU To decrypt, just reverse!

  3. Weaknesses • P is unknown, but structure of its bottom is predictable • Can break using digram frequencies • Example: If a digram and its reverse both appear often, it’s probably ER and RE. • Each plaintext letter maps to how many possible ciphertext letters? He lx lo th er ex KG YV RV QM GI KU

  4. Playfair ciphers • Used in Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1932 mystery novel Have His Carcase • Marketing beats technology? • Invented by Charles Wheatstone • Lyon Playfair, a Scottish Baron, promoted it • Who got the glory?

  5. ADFGX ciphers • Why ADFGX? • Morse code for these are very different • Combined cryptography with error-correction • Matrix 1: • 25 letters (i and j merged again) randomly placed • Each plaintext letter replaced by its row and column labels • hello there  • XA FA AA AA FF DG XA FA DF FA

  6. ADFGX ciphers (2) • XA FA AA AA FF DG XA FA DF FA • Matrix 2: pick a random keyword and write the previous result under it in scanline order. • Shuffle the columns into alphabetical order • Then read down the columns

  7. ADFGX ciphers (3) • XA FA AA AA DG FF XA FA DF FA • Matrix 2: pick a random keyword and write the previous result under it in scanline order. • Shuffle the columns into alphabetical order • Then read down the columns to get ciphertext: • XAXFAFAAAAAADDAGFFFF

  8. ADFGX Decryption easy… • …if you know the original matrix and the keyword. • Example? • Read about decryption ideas in text • Variation: ADFGVX cipher allows 26 letters + 10 digits

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