Origins and History
WWII
The M-94 cipher consists of a series of?
Disks
How do you encrypt and decrypt on the M-94 cipher
The rotating disks in the M-94 cipher are used to encrypt and decrypt messages.
What is a Cipher?
A cipher is a method or algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt information
Whose idea was the design of the M-94 based on?
Thomas Jefferson
What is each disk marked by?
Letter of the alphabet
What is encryption?
the process of transforming plaintext (readable data) into ciphertext (encoded data) to protect its confidentiality.
Who created the M-94?
William Friedman
How many disks are on most M-94?
25
What is Decryption?
the reverse process of encription, where ciphertext is transformed back into plaintext.
How many possible answers are there to a M-94 Cipher that consists of 25 disks with 26 characters each
25 factoral
What are the three mathematical operations and principles used by Ciphers.
substitution, transposition, and permutations