Big Java Late Objects
Big Java Late Objects
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781119330455
Author: Horstmann
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 20.2, Problem 4SC

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Decryption of the given message:

  • The given message is “Khoor/#Zruog$”.
  • The user carrying out any encryption chooses an encryption key, where an encryption key is a number between “1”, and “255”.
  • The user can use Caesar cipher to encrypt a message with a key of “3”.
  • The shift which is to be used in each byte which is to be encrypted is indicated by that number.
  • The user carrying out any decryption chooses the decryption key, which is the negative of the encryption key.
  • The user can use Caesar cipher to decrypt a message encrypted with a key of “3”, with a key of “-3”.
  • The shift which is to be used in each byte which is to be decrypted is indicated by the decryption key.
  • The letter “K” in the given message is replaced with “H”.
  • The letter “h” is replaced with “e”...

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