CRYPTOGRAPHY PROBLEMS --------------------- 1. Decode: KYRFGQDSL 2. Decode: LEDFKPKLEX DP VODQQHJ DJ QEDP MOZJC AKKB, QEH TJDUHOPH, VEDRE PQZJCP RKJQDJTZFFX KLHJ QK KTO MZYH. ATQ QEH AKKB RZJJKQ AH TJCHOPQKKC TJFHPP KJH IDOPQ FHZOJP QK RKGLOHEHJC QEH FZJMTZMH ZJC OHZC QEH FHQQHOP DJ VEDRE DQ DP RKGLKPHC. DQ DP VODQQHJ DJ QEH FZJMTZMH KI GZQEHGZQDRP, ZJC DQP REZOZRQHOP ZOH QODZJMFHP, RDORFHP, ZJC KQEHO MHKGHQODR IDMTOHP VDQEKTQ VEDRE DQ DP ETGZJFX DGLKPPDAFH QK TJCHOPQZJC Z PDJMFH VKOC KI DQ. --- MZFDFHK 3. Decode: HFSGLQUIE PUB UVTTG MKRRH HEQ Vigenere, keyword CRYPTOGRAPHY. From Davis, p. 8 4. Decode: 23, 52, 85, 91, 15, 06, 53, 61, 30, 72, 23 "Numerical Vigenere" --- pseudorandom sequence based on a seed (the "keyword"). See section 6 of Davis. Use the character encoding on page 9. 5. Decode: 14756 RSA with N = 16781, e = 5. The result is a nice four-digit number. See Davis, section 9. REFERENCES: Tom Davis' article at http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/BMC3/crypto.pdf