Originally Posted by Nightshade
Hence the reasoning for a modified Ceaser which would change the variables exponentially.
A ceasers box works off the idea that everything works off a specific numeric designation or order. If you were to jumble the order in a seemingly random manner then it could keep an outside source without the key guessing for months, by the time they firgure it out the content is obsolete.
Things only have to stay classified for a certain period of time then they are disposable, but if you can create a relatively simplistic version of a complicated variable the possibilities are endless.
Caesar is very weak, it is still a mathematical procedure that can be backworked. But, with the use of public and private keys you ensure that the keys are kept secret.