The world is moving forward in terms of internet connectivity. While this enhances connectivity and strengthens communication, it brings with it its shortcomings. The advent of internet went hand in hand with emergence of hackers. This made businesses vulnerable and prone to malicious attacks by various groups and organizations. The business, to safeguard the data of the clients and consumers had to fool proof their servers and data-centres, hence the need to enhance and tighten security and close various vulnerable points. Cryptography is a technique involving encryption of data and messages so that only the intended audience can decrypt and comprehend it. For enhanced security, a hybrid encryption technique along with integrity check (MD5 hashing) is used. The encryption technique of One Time Pad (OTP - symmetric) and Route cipher (trans- positional) are combined and used.

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