Across
- 2. the original message to be encrypted
- 5. the encrypted message
- 7. algorithm: the formula for encrypting the plaintext
Down
- 1. the process of converting plaintext into ciphertext
- 3. of the alphabet are shifted by a given number
- 4. Caesar cipher is most basic type of encryption and the most insecure
- 6. a sequence of numbers used to encrypt or decrypt, often data using a mathematical formula