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Use the Play fair cipher to encipher the message attack cancelled on Monday .Wait for next message.

The secret key can be made by filling the first and part of the second row of a matrix with the word MORNING. Filling of rest of the matrix can be done using remaining alphabets. Consider alphabets Y and Z together in one cell of matrix. -

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i. Secret Key = MORNING

ii. Plaintext = attack cancelled on Monday wait for next message

iii. Considering Y and Z in one cell matrix

iv. The playfair cipher matrix is as follows:

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v. Dividing the plain text into blocks:

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