encryption program
Igor Chudov @ home
ichudov at algebra.com
Mon Jan 13 09:42:45 PST 1997
paul at fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote:
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>
> > > * The two 'e's in the first word have different ciphertext equivalents,
> > > so it's not a single-alphabet substitution
> > yes
>
> Could be homophonic substitution or possibly (more probably, in my
> estimation, polygram substitution. There is also the possibility of a
> polyalphabetic cipher...
>
> > I also likes "follows": "vkbcjtp" note how ll gets translated to "bc".
> > That suggest that after some encryption of each letter from the plaintext
> > there is a consecutively increasing number added.
>
> This tends to suggest polyalphabetic substitution.
what do you mean, polyalphabetic substitution?
- Igor.
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