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Caesar Cipher

Understanding one of the earliest and simplest ciphers.

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Caesar Cipher

The Caesar Cipher is one of the earliest known encryption methods, named after Julius Caesar, who used it to send secret messages.

Caesar Cipher — illustration 1

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How It Works

The Caesar Cipher shifts each letter in the alphabet by a fixed number of places. For example, with a shift of 3, 'A' becomes 'D', 'B' becomes 'E', and so on.

All lessons in this course

  1. Caesar Cipher
  2. Vigenère Cipher
  3. Transposition Ciphers
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