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NAME

tcl::transform::rot - rot-encryption

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SYNOPSIS

package require Tcl 8.6 9
package require tcl::transform::core ?1.1?
package require tcl::transform::rot ?1.1?

::tcl::transform::rot chan key

DESCRIPTION

The tcl::transform::rot package provides a command creating a channel transformation which performs primitive encryption (on writing) and decryption (on reading) on the alphabetic characters. The algorithm is the Caesar-cipher, a specific variant of which is rot13.

A related transformations in this module is tcl::transform::otp.

The internal TclOO class implementing the transform handler is a sub-class of the tcl::transform::core framework.

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KEYWORDS

caesar cipher, channel transformation, cipher, decryption, encryption, reflected channel, rot, rot13, tip 230, transformation, virtual channel

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Copyright © 2009 Andreas Kupries