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# Ciphers
A program to help with some simple ciphers
This program is designed to allow you to play with some simple ciphers, like the Caesar Cipher.
Because of how simple these ciphers are they will likely not be of any use if you actually want to keep your data safe
#Caesar Cipher
This cipher is very easy to learn and simple to encode or decode.
It just shifts the letters a certain number of spaces, i.e. for a shift of 3 a=d & x=a
#Playfair Cipher
This cipher is a little more complex.
It uses a key to create a grid of letters that is then used to encode 2 letters at a time. It is a simple form of 16-bit encryption.
It is still fairly simple to learn to do by hand, just time consuming if it is a long message or if you are trying to crack the key.