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Data encryption using Caesar Cipher

In this post we will discuss what is cryptography and how can we encrypt our files using Caesar Cipher. First Things first let us first understand the what is cryptography, according to wikipedia, " Cryptography  is the practice and study of techniques for  secure communication  in the presence of third parties called  adversaries" Simply stated it is passing messages between 2 user using a channel that is not secure yet the intruders trying to get steal information will not be able to understand messages directly as the messages are encrypted. In order to encrypt a message, we change the contents of message such that only the intended receiver of the message is able to decode it. Let us now discuss Caesar Cipher, sometime also called as shift cipher is a ciphering technique that is one of the most simple and widely known techniques of encryption. This technique uses a substitution technique in which for each letter in our message we have a letter that substitu