The Caesar cipher is always one of the first things you get introduced to when studying cryptography, of course (hopefully) followed by details about how it gets destroyed by even the most elementary cryptanalysis techniques. But it's a great place to start!
Looking forward to reading more, thanks!
haha yeah, you would not want to rely on it for security, most children could break it. I do think it is important to teach people from the beginning with simple methods before moving on to the complex. Another reason I like covering the caesar cipher is because of ROT 13 which was used on message boards in the 1980s as well as the fact that is a great example of a substitution cipher...but dont worry everything in my series will get more modern and complex as we go...must crawl before walk. Thanks for your comments, glad you find this stuff interesting!
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