Encryption Reflection 2

1. How much easier is it to crack a Caesar cipher than a random substitution cipher? Can you put a number on it?

A lot easier. All you need to do is shift the alphabet until the letters make words.

1. Was it difficult to crack a Random Substitution cipher? Did it take longer than you thought? shorter? Why?

It's difficult to crack because it requires a lot of manual analysis. It took a lot longer to crack than I thought because you had to guess what each letter is depending on the frequency. 

1. Any encryption cipher is an algorithm for transforming plaintext into ciphertext. What about the other way around? Can you write out an algorithm for cracking a Caesar cipher? What about a random substitution cipher?

You could easily create a algorithm to crack a Caesar cipher and probably a algorithm to crack a random substitution cipher with a bit more work.

1. Recall that in RFC 3271, “The Internet is for Everyone” Vint Cerf wrote the following. What did he mean by “cryptographic technology?” What does it mean to you now?

That access to encryption technology should be free to access for everyone.