
Ask a new question Source codeĭCode retains ownership of the "Caesar Cipher" source code. The exact date of creation and its real author are unknown. The code was named after Julius Caesar who was born in 100 BCE the first man which has testimonies (like Suetonius) proving that he used this type of substitution to protect his military communications. More generally ROT-N with N the shift, if N < 26 then the Latin alphabet is used, else it can be any other custom alphabet. ROT47 code for ASCII printable characters, the shift is 47 and reversible ROT5 code for digits, the shift is 5 and reversible ROT13 code, the shift is 13 and reversible See You (CU) code, C = U, the shift is 18ĬEASAR (with a wrong spelling) where E=A or A=E, the shift is either +4 or -4 (=22)Īny 2-letter code that can give an association between a crypted char and the plain one (see gramograms) This shifting property can be hidden in the name of Caesar variants, eg.:īaden Powell (scoutism founder), B = P, the shift is 14 Caesar cipher is also known as Shift Cipher.
