Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 2 12I b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Write the intercepted ciphertext, known plaintext, and desired plaintext without spaces:Because the pad is additive, Eve applies the malleability of an additive one-time pad and sendsLetter-by-letter, using , this givesThus Eve should deliverIndeed, if , then , so Ollie decrypts the desired message.