Lab Assignment 2

Module 3: Cryptography

Total Points: 20 points

Due Date: 03.13 (by 11:59pm)
Submission Requirements: write your answers directly on this sheet
Legend: c=ciphertext; k=key(word); p=plaintext
Note: for all Vigenere ciphers, use Figure 1-5 on pg. 13 (textbook)

Name (please print): _______________________________

1. (2 points) Encrypt the following plaintext message - Operating System - which

was encrypted using the Caesar shift with a shift of 5. Fill in the fields below:

O= S=
P= Y=
E= S=
R= T=
A= E=
T= M=
I=
N=
G=

2. (2 points) What type of algorithm is being used in the previous question?

3. (2 points) Using the Vigenere cipher with the key(word) math, create the
ciphertext for the plaintext message, I love this! Fill in the fields below:

k:
p:
c:

4. (2 points) What type of algorithm is being used in the previous question?

5. (2 points) Using the Split Rail cipher, encrypt the following plaintext message,
Crypto is fun! Fill in the fields below:

p:
Line one:
Line two:
c:

6. (2 points) What type of algorithm is being used in the previous question?

1
 Lab Assignment 2
Module 3: Cryptography

7. (2 points) Create a Transposition table (5 characters wide) and encrypt the

following plaintext message, I think I could get into this crypto stuff Fill in the
fields below:

p:

Fill in the Transposition table:

c:

8. (2 points) Building on the ciphertext from the previous question, create a

Numbered Transposition Table, and new ciphertext message:

Fill in the Numbered Transposition table:

4 1 3 5 2

c:

2
 Lab Assignment 2
Module 3: Cryptography

9. (4 points) Combine both a Vigenere cipher (key: DCOM) and a Numbered

Transposition table cipher (3 characters wide) to encrypt the following plaintext
message, I like my OS sec class. Fill in the fields below:

k:
p:
Vigenere ciphertext:

Using the Vigenere ciphertext you just calculated, fill in the Numbered
Transposition table accordingly:

3 1 2

Calculate the new ciphertext:

c: