ヴィジュネル暗号とは?
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The Vigenere cipher represents a significant advancement over simple substitution ciphers like Caesar. Instead of shifting every letter by the same amount, the Vigenere cipher uses a keyword to determine a different shift for each letter. This makes it a polyalphabetic cipher — the same plaintext letter can encrypt to different ciphertext letters depending on its position, defeating simple frequency analysis.
The encryption works by aligning the keyword repeatedly under the plaintext. Each keyword letter determines the Caesar shift for the corresponding plaintext letter (A=0, B=1, ..., Z=25). With a keyword of length n, the effective key space is 26^n. A 5-letter keyword creates 26^5 or roughly 12 million possible keys, making brute-force impractical.
The tool provides encryption and decryption with a keyword, autokey mode, character-by-character key visualization, and Index of Coincidence (IC) statistical analysis. The autokey mode extends the keyword using the plaintext itself, eliminating the repeating pattern that makes standard Vigenere vulnerable to the Kasiski examination. The key visualization shows exactly how each keyword letter maps to each plaintext position.
The Index of Coincidence panel gives statistical insight into the ciphertext. For English plaintext, IC is approximately 0.0667. For random text, IC is approximately 0.0385. If Vigenere-encrypted text shows IC near 0.0385, the cipher is working correctly. A value above 0.045 suggests the keyword may be short enough to crack.