desc.json

{
  "Affine Cipher": "The affine cipher is a type of monoalphabetic substitution cipher, wherein each letter in an alphabet is mapped to its numeric equivalent, encrypted using a simple mathematical function, and converted back to a letter.",
  "Applications": [
    "Cryptanalysis",
    "More complex Variations of Affine Cipher are used in practical cryptography"
  ],
  "Complexity": {
    "time": "worst $O(N)$, $N$ = length of plain/cipher text",
    "space": "worst $O(N)$, to create the new mapping (plain->cipher, cipher->plain)"
  },
  "References": [
    "<a href='http://practicalcryptography.com/ciphers/affine-cipher/'>Practicalcryptography</a>"
  ],
  "files": {
    "basic": "Encrypting and Decrypting a string using affine functions"
  }
}