Design and Implementation of Yoruba Language Cryptosystem
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2014
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Published by Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin
Abstract
Security has always been a bedrock for transaction and protection of human lives and until the existence of
artificial intelligence, humans have learned to trust themselves for each other safety or safety of information
except for few times where security was threatened by breach of trust or betrayal by persons which often led to
enormous crisis. Recent research works have been able to achieve some high level of success in security of
information. However, communication in Yoruba language using the Yoruba alphabet and symbols is still at its
infancy. In other to achieve acceptable quality of information security of Yoruba alphabet and symbols in text,
there is need for a robust security system. There are multiple layers of security, requirements and features which
need automated technicality for assurance of effective security. In this paper, encryption and decryption of
information written in Yoruba as text is achieved using Caesar Cipher Algorithm to carry the Yoruba people
along in the advancement taking place in the world of information technology. It adopted a symmetric
encryption algorithm that uses one key for both encryption and decryption and used digits as its ciphertext
which is a novel means of ensuring difficulty in breaking the codes as patterns with digits are not easily
recognizable.
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Ciphertext, Yoruba, Encryption, Decryption, Cryptography
Citation
Abikoye, O.C., Akintola, A.G. & Ibrahim S. ( 2014): Design and Implementation of Yoruba Language Cryptosystem. Ilorin Journal of Science. 1 (1); 50 – 60