Rail fence cipher
Type of transposition cipher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Rail fence" redirects here. For the actual fence, see split-rail fence.
The rail fence cipher (also called a zigzag cipher) is a classical type of transposition cipher. It derives its name from the manner in which encryption is performed, in analogy to a fence built with horizontal rails.
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