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NAME

Crypt::Hill - Interface to the Hill cipher (2x2).

VERSION

Version 0.06

DESCRIPTION

The Hill cipher is an example of a block cipher. A block cipher is a cipher in which groups of letters are enciphered together in equal length blocks. The Hill cipher was developed by Lester Hill & introduced in an article published in 1929.

The Crypt::Hill module is using block size 2.Acceptable characters are A to Z.

CONSTRUCTOR

The constructor expects one parameter i.e. key to be used in the encryption and decryption.The key should consists of no more than 4 ALPHABETS.

use strict; use warnings;
use Crypt::Hill;

my $crypt = Crypt::Hill->new({ key => 'DDCF' });

METHODS

encode($message)

Encodes the message using the key provided and returns encoded message.

use strict; use warnings;
use Crypt::Hill;

my $crypt   = Crypt::Hill->new({ key => 'DDCF' });
my $encoded = $crypt->encode('HELP');

print "Encoded: [$encoded]\n";

decode($encoded_message)

Decodes the encoded message using the key provided.

use strict; use warnings;
use Crypt::Hill;

my $crypt   = Crypt::Hill->new({ key => 'DDCF' });
my $encoded = $crypt->encode('HELP');
my $decoded = $crypt->decode($encoded);

print "Encoded: [$encoded]\n";
print "Decoded: [$decoded]\n";

AUTHOR

Mohammad S Anwar, <mohammad.anwar at yahoo.com>

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/Manwar/Crypt-Hill

BUGS

Please report any bugs/feature requests to bug-crypt-hill at rt.cpan.org or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Crypt-Hill. I will be notified & then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Crypt::Hill

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014 - 2015 Mohammad S Anwar.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0

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