Answer to Question #63939 in Discrete Mathematics for xaxa

Question

Suppose that you need to deliver the message “161803398” which is the pass key for a weapon
activation to country X. Encrypt the message using Caesar cipher with the encryption key,
2
( 2 )mod9 n 
where
n 1, 2,...,9 , without being intercepted and decrypted by other countries.
(a) State the decrypted message.
(b) Determine the decryption key.
(c) Suggest an improvement to the encryption key to increase the encryption strength