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jdege	Jun 24 2009, 07:05 PM
Elite member Posts: 263 Group: Admin Member #246 Joined: December 7, 2006	Maybe part of the problem is terminology. In an encryption process you start with the plaintext and the key, and the result is the ciphertext. But in your description, you have the ciphertext at the beginning, before you've encrypted a single character. How? Where did it come from? It seems as if what you are referring to as the "ciphertext" is simply a set of mixed alphabets that you are using as part of the key. In normal usage, the ciphertext is "KMY" - the output of the cipher. How are these four alphabets generated? You mention the four sides of the square having different directions of travel, but your example always works along the right side of the square. Under what circumstances are the other sides used?
	When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.

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