Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ‫الـمـمـلـكـة الـعـربـيـة الـسـعـوديـة‬

Ministry of High Education ‫وزارة الـتـعـلـيـم الـعـالـي‬

Northern Border University ‫جـامـعـة الـحـدود الـشـمـالـيـة‬
Faculty of Computing and
‫كـلـيـة الـحـاسـبـات وتـقـنـيـة الـمـعـلـومـات‬
Information Technology

COURSE NAME: INFORMATION SECURITY

COURSE CODE: CPIT 425- CPCS 425-CPIS 312
TEACHER: Dr. Ben Slimane Jihane

ASSIGNMENT1- LAB
Second Term
Academic Year 1444/1445

STUDENT MARKS

10

STUDENT
Name: Hasna Salem

University ID:202100166

Classic Ciphers: Substitution Encryption with

Caesar Cipher
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1- Write the following program that allows the encryption using Caesar cipher.
import java.util.Scanner;

public class CaesarCipher {

public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter the plaintext: ");
String plaintext = scanner.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter the key (shift value): ");
int key = scanner.nextInt();
scanner.close();

String ciphertext = encrypt(plaintext, key);

System.out.println("Ciphertext: " + ciphertext);
}

public static String encrypt(String plaintext, int key) {

StringBuilder ciphertext = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < plaintext.length(); i++) {
char ch = plaintext.charAt(i);
if (Character.isLetter(ch)) {
if (Character.isUpperCase(ch)) {
ch = (char) ((ch + key - 'A') % 26 + 'A');
} else {
ch = (char) ((ch + key - 'a') % 26 + 'a');
}
}
ciphertext.append(ch);
}
return ciphertext.toString();
}
}

2- Encrypt the plaintext 'Encryption' using the Caesar cipher with a key value of 3.

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3- Modify the previous program to enable the decryption of the last ciphertext using the same key
value. Ensure that the program can correctly ensure the decryption using the Caesar cipher
algorithm.

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