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You want to encrypt the three-letter word "CAT" using a One-Time Pad. You and th...

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You want to encrypt the three-letter word "CAT" using a One-Time Pad. You and the recipient have already shared a secret key.

Plaintext: CAT

Secret Key (in binary): 10110010 01100101 11100010

Task:

Show the step-by-step process to encrypt the message.

  1. Convert Plaintext to Binary: First, convert the word "CAT" into its 8-bit binary ASCII representation.

    (Hint: The ASCII value for 'C' is 67, 'A' is 65, and 'T' is 84.)
  2. Encrypt with XOR: Perform a bitwise XOR operation between the plaintext binary and the key to produce the ciphertext.
  3. Input the Ciphertext into your answer box
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