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Substitution cipher

In cryptography, a substitution cipher is a method of encrypting that creates the ciphertext (its output) by replacing units of the plaintext (its input) in a defined manner, with the help of a key; the "units" may be single letters (the most common), pairs of letters, triplets of letters, mixtures of the above, and so forth. The receiver deciphers the…

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Cryptanalysis
Frequency analysis
Field
Cryptography
First published
Around 850 CE
Key size
Varies (typically 88 bits for mixed alphabet simple substitution)
Related methods
Transposition cipher, polyalphabetic cipher, homophonic substitution cipher, one-time pad

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Types

In modern cryptography

  • DES Data Encryption Standard
  • AES Advanced Encryption Standard
  • Binary Binary numeral system
  • S-boxes S-box

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Substitution cipher

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Edges148
Triples170
Avg. degree1.99
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Substitution cipher

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related to In popular culture · 59
Substitution cipher → Al Bhed, Alien, Alien Language, Archived, Artemis Fowl, At, Atbash, AZYXEWVTISRLPNOMQKJHUGFDCB, Babylon, BioShock Infinite, Caesar, Centaurean, Ciphers, Club Penguin, Commander Keen, Dancing Men, Dinosaur Planet, Drink, Edgar Allan Poe's, English
related to Mechanical · 27
Substitution cipher → All, Allied, Between, Bletchley Park, Cypher School's Dillwyn Knox, Early, Enigma, Enigmas, Friedman, German, German Army, Government Code, Hebern's, Marian Rejewski, Poland, Several, SIGABA, Since, The, The Allies
related to Polyalphabetic · 17
Substitution cipher → Al-Qalqashandi, All, Ancient Greek, De Furtivis Literarum Notis, Durayhim, Giovanni Battista, Ibn, In, Johannes Trithemius, Latin, Leone Battista Alberti, On, Polyalphabetic, Porta, Steganographia, The, To
related to One-time pad · 14
Substitution cipher → Claude Shannon, Gilbert Vernam, In, It, Joseph Mauborgne, One, See Venona, Soviet, The, US, When, World War, World War II, XOR
related to Polygraphic · 11
Substitution cipher → De Furtivis Literarum Notis, However, In, Italian/Latin, OS, Porta, RÑ, Second, Spanish, The, To
related to Nomenclator · 10
Substitution cipher → Although, By, France, King Louis XIV, Named, Nomenclators, One, Originally, The, The Rossignols' Great Cipher
related to In modern cryptography · 8
Substitution cipher → AES, DES, From, However, In, S-boxes, See, Substitution
related to Homophonic · 7
Substitution cipher → An, Another, In, More, Perhaps, Since, Usually
related to Simple · 6
Substitution cipher → Atbash, Caesar, Here, It, The, Traditionally
see also · 4
Substitution cipher → Ban, Centiban TableCopiale, Family, Substitution Ciphers

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Substitution cipherCryptanalysisFrequency analysis1.00infobox
Substitution cipherFieldCryptography1.00infobox
Substitution cipherFirst publishedAround 850 CE1.00infobox
Substitution cipherKey sizeVaries (typically 88 bits for mixed alphabet simple substitution)1.00infobox
Substitution cipherRelated methodsTransposition cipher, polyalphabetic cipher, homophonic substitution cipher, one-time pad1.00infobox
Substitution cipheris amethod of encrypting that creates the ciphertext0.90text
Substitution cipheris anomenclator0.90text
Substitution cipherrelated to HomophonicAn0.60section
Substitution cipherrelated to HomophonicIn0.60section
Substitution cipherrelated to HomophonicUsually0.60section
Substitution cipherrelated to HomophonicSince0.60section
Substitution cipherrelated to HomophonicPerhaps0.60section

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