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Implement the One Time Pad Algorithm



Implement the One Time Pad Algorithm

This C++ program encodes any message using the technique of one time pad cipher technique. Input is not case sensitive and works only for all characters. White spaces are not ignored but are produced as random characters in the decoded message.

Note: Since the key is required for decryption, it is printed on stdout. However, it is not safe to make the key public.

    #include<iostream>

    #include<vector>

    #include<stdlib.h>

    using namespace std;

    void to_upper_case(vector<char>& text, int len)

    {

        for (int j = 0; j < len; j++)

        {

            if (text[j] >= 97 && text[j] <= 122)

                text[j] -= 32;

        }

    }

    void print_string(vector<char> text, int len)

    {

        for (int j = 0; j < len; j++)

        {

            cout << (char) (text[j] + 65);

        }

        cout << endl;

        return;

    }

    size_t get_input(vector<char>& msg)

    {

        char a;

        while (1)

        {

            a = getchar();

            if (a == '\n')

                break;

            msg.push_back(a);

        }

        return msg.size();

    }

    int main()

    {

        vector<char> msg;

        vector<char> enc_msg;

        vector<char> dec_msg;

        int *p;

        int j;

        size_t len;

        cout << "Enter Message to Encrypt:";

        len = get_input(msg);

        to_upper_case(msg, len);

        p = (int*) malloc(msg.size() * sizeof(int));

        for (j = 0; j < len; j++)

        {

            p[j] = rand() % 26;

            if (msg[j] >= 65 && msg[j] <= 90)

                enc_msg.push_back((char) ((msg[j] - 65 + p[j]) % 26));

            else if (msg[j] >= 97 && msg[j] <= 122)

                enc_msg.push_back((char) ((msg[j] - 97 + p[j]) % 26));

            else

                enc_msg.push_back((char) msg[j]);

        }

        cout << "\nEncoded Message:";

        print_string(enc_msg, len);

        cout << "\nKey for decryption:\n";

        for (j = 0; j < len; j++)

        {

            cout << (char) (p[j] + 65);

        }

        cout << endl;

        cout << "\nDecrypted Message:";

        for (j = 0; j < len; j++)

        {

            if ((enc_msg[j] - p[j]) < 0)

                dec_msg.push_back((char) (enc_msg[j] - p[j] + 26));

            else if ((enc_msg[j] - p[j]) >= 0)

                dec_msg.push_back((char) (enc_msg[j] - p[j]));

            else

                dec_msg.push_back((char) enc_msg[j]);

        }

        print_string(dec_msg, len);

        return 0;

    }