Kasiski Method

* use repetitions in ciphertext to give clues as to period, looking for same plaintext an exact period apart, leading to same ciphertext

Plaintext: TOBEORNOTTOBE
Key: NOWNOWNOWNOWN
Ciphertext: GCXRCNACPGCXR

Since repeats are 9 chars apart, guess period is 3 or 9.

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