Question

Decrypt the word DKA if it was encrypted using an alphabetic Caesar shift cipher that starts with shift 5 (mapping A to F), and shifts one additional space after each character is encrypted. Use only capital letters in your answer.

Answer 1

YET

Explanation:

TO DECRYPT DKA USING THE CAESAR SHIFT CIPHER STARTING WITH 5 SHIFTS.

TO DO THIS DECRYPTION, WE'RE GOING TO LOOP THE ALPHABETS.

D = LOOPING THIS LETTER 5 TIMES, WE HAVE C - B - A - Z - Y.

SO, D IS DECRYPTED AS Y

GOING FURTHER, THE ENCRYPTION SHIFTS BY AN ADDITIONAL SPACE. THIS MEANS, IF THE FIRST "Y" WAS ENCRYPTED IN 5 SPACES TO GET D, AND AN ADDITIONAL SPACE WAS ADDED TO THE NEXT ALPHABET, IT BECOMES 6.

K IS THEN DECRYPTED AS

K = J - I - H - G - F - E

K IS DECRPYTED AS E

GOING FURTHER, THE NEXT WAS ENCRYPTED WITH AN ADDITIONAL SPACE EVEN MORE, SO, A IS DECRPYTED AS

A = Z - Y - X - W - V - U - T.

THUS, DKA IS DECRYPTED AS YET