02/19/08 This is the *easy* version of the columnar transposition cipher. After you strip away this message and white space you should find, using one of the available software tools, that there are 70 characters in the message. The words were read into a completely filled rectangle by rows. Columns were permuted, the text was then read out read out by columns. This cipher is worth 30 points. Enjoy! *kiw*eo*p uwesdundl+yctihth*ei* g*eo*a f*inhhh+tewnt* otew*earp-+rtb*sut++