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Porta Cipher

Encrypts or decrypts a message using the Porta cipher.

Source library: secretpy

Historical Context

The Porta cipher is a polyalphabetic substitution cipher invented by Giovanni Battista della Porta.

How it Works

The Porta cipher is a reciprocal cipher, meaning that the encryption and decryption processes are the same. It uses a keyword and a set of rotating alphabets to encrypt the message.

Parameters

• text: The message to encrypt or decrypt.
• alphabet: The alphabet to use for the cipher. Can be a string of characters or a predefined alphabet from secretpy.alphabets.
• key: The key for the cipher.
• mode: Whether to encrypt or decrypt the message.
• keep_formatting: Whether to keep the original formatting of the message.