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Rotational Ciphers
Rotation ciphers have a long history, a famous example being the Caesar Cipher (also Caesar’s code or Caesar’s shift), a substitution cipher used to encode messages by substituting letters by other letters a fixed number of positions away in alphabetic location.
Double-encoding ROT13 results in a shift of 26, which is exactly the the original message and is the same as no encoding. This is often humorously termed 2ROT13 or ROT26.
Decrypting a rotationally encrypted message requires no key. It only requires the knowledge that rotational substitution is being used.
Interesting Words in ROT13
| Original Word | ROT13 encrypted |
|---|---|
| ant | nag |
| balk | onyx |
| bar | one |
| barf | ones |
| be | or |
| envy | rail |
| flap | sync |
| fur | she |
| gel | try |
| gnat | tang |
| irk | vex |