Vigenère cipher

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algorithm
crypt
gptkbp:attributedTo Blaise de Vigenère
gptkbp:category crypt
manual cipher
gptkbp:ciphertextAlphabet gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:difficulty easy to implement
gptkbp:encryptionProcess shifts each letter of plaintext by the value of the corresponding letter of the key
gptkbp:features insecure against modern cryptanalysis
gptkbp:firstDescribed Giovan Battista Bellaso
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vigenère cipher
gptkbp:introducedIn 1553
gptkbp:inventedBy Blaise de Vigenère
gptkbp:key repeating key
gptkbp:namedAfter Blaise de Vigenère
gptkbp:plaintextAlphabet gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Caesar_cipher
Beaufort cipher
autokey cipher
gptkbp:replacedBy modern ciphers
gptkbp:supportsAlgorithm polyalphabetic substitution cipher
gptkbp:usedFor puzzles
historical study
educational purposes
gptkbp:usedIn historical cryptography
gptkbp:usesKey keyword
gptkbp:vulnerableTo gptkb:Kasiski_examination
frequency analysis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Codebusters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5