CDR: Re: A cool idea that didn't hold up under cryptanalysis.

[Jim Choate]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Marcel Popescu wrote:

> X-Loop: openpgp.net
> From: "Ray Dillinger" <bear at sonic.net>
> 
> > I've developed methods for solving vignere, general
> > transpositions, playfair, etc...  just basically bringing
> > myself up to speed with the general background of the field.
> 
> Would you mind writing a "tutorial for the beginner cryptanalist"?

I'd be willing to provide a home for any such material on the SSZ CDR
webpage. I've been re-reading Codebreakers (Kahn) and doing some
pencil-n-paper doodling along the same lines. My intention was to use
Perl.

I'd also like to offer that Poe's Crypto Challenge might be a good way to
demonstrate the various attacks.

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