The Caesar cipher belongs to the category of monoalphabetic substitutions. This

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The Caesar cipher belongs to the category of monoalphabetic substitutions. This cipher is a very simple example of this category and by far not sufficient to secure sensitive information.

Decrypt the following ciphertext:

Xlmw irgvCtxih qiwweki wlepp gpevmjC lsA RSX xs irgvCtx e qiwweki xsheC! Izir mj mx Aew wyjjmgmirx efsyx 6444 Cievw eks, sv xs fi qsvi tvigmwi mr xli Ciev 88 FG, rsAeheCw mx mw rsx. XsheC iegl ws-geppih Wgvmtx Omhhmi Asyph fi efpi xs kix wirwmxmzi mrjsvqexmsr, mj xliC Aivi irgvCtxih xlmw AeC.

Your submission should include the following list of items: All 62 possible plaintexts Your answers should include upper/lower cases and digits.

Hints: Be aware that the classic method was slightly modified (an alphabet with 62 characters was used). The plaintext is English and you have to get all upper and lowercase right to get credits for this challenge

Explanation / Answer

This encrYpted message shall clarifY hoW NOT to encrYpt a message todaY! Even if it Was sufficient about 6444 Years ago, or to be more precise in the Year 88 BC, noWadaYs it is not. TodaY each so-called Script Kiddie Would be able to get sensitive information, if theY Were encrYpted this WaY

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