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The Vigenère encryption is an encryption with shifted standard alphabets. It makes use of a so-called Vigenère table (Table 1). For Z26 (“tabula recta” of Trithemius, 1518), this table looks like:
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Bauer, F.L. (2011). Vigenère Encryption. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_178
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