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Introduction to Cryptography. Lecture 1. History of Cryptography. Some examples of “ very old” ciphers Modified Hieroglyphics c. 1900 b.c. Atbash, c. 500 b.c. Spartan Scytale, c. 500 b.c. Caesar Cipher, c. 50 b.c. Idea Behind. Is sending the message secure?. Spy. message. Alice. Bob. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Introduction to Cryptography
Lecture 1
History of Cryptography
Some examples of “ very old” ciphers Modified Hieroglyphics c. 1900 b.c. Atbash, c. 500 b.c. Spartan Scytale, c. 500 b.c. Caesar Cipher, c. 50 b.c
Alice Bob
message
Spy
Is sending the message secure?
Idea Behind
Alice wants to send message to Bob They share a cipher Alice encrypt the message Bob decrypt/decipher the message
Idea Behind
Atbash
Kh I T Ch Z V H D G B A
א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ
ת ש ר ק צ פ ע ס נ מ ל L M N S O P Tz Q R Sh TH Use the Atbash cipher to שלומ – Shalom Shalom mean “Hi” in Hebrow
Spartan Scytale Wrap a thin strip of parchment helically
about a cylindrical rod Write the message line by line Remove the rod and send it
Alberti’s Cipher Disk The inner wheel can be turn Agree on a letter, for example – b Agree on number, for example - 6 Start by giving the corresponding letter - e Encrypt message Change cipher after
6 letters
Example: Agree on letter b, number 8.
Message: Secret message
YpbzobqjbZqqyec
Turn the wheel one
step to the right
Alberti’s Cipher Disk
Homework
Read Section 1.1. Exercises: 2, 4, 8(Use the wheel in the
book) on pg.32-34. Those questions will be a part of your
collected homework.