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Cryptography 101: Four-Square Cipher Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/17/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Invented by French cryptographer Felix Delastelle, the four-square cipher uses a manual symmetric encryption technique. The technique encrypts pairs of letters, or digraphs. For this reason, this cipher is part of a category of ciphers known as polygraphic substitution ciphers. Compared to monographic substitution ciphers, which use single characters, this particular cipher is stronger as it uses character pairs.

nmtrfsbsaaryntbsaauozgpxeumtdytdw
xoutnpomngipttrbsaasfueaabffsmnazeumY


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur xrl vf gur jbeq sbe jung lbh frrx

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)