Cryptography

[AK_Thug AMish]

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Edited January 31, 2015 by AK_Thug AMish

[EKen132]

Make sure you post it when you're done. I don't know really anything about codes and cyphers and such, but it sounds interesting.

[av_nefardec]

Is that a JONAS code I detect there? That isone of the codes that the amish have used for centuries to communicate.

[AK_Thug AMish]

You see right through my Multi-Litteral cipher It takes a 5 letter keyword, so I obviously picked Jonas,

To crack it just set up a 5X5 grid:

      J  O  N  A  S

J  A  B  C  D  E

O F  G  H  I  K

N L  M  N  O  P

A Q  R  S  T  U

S V  W  X  Y  Z

and take the row letter, then column letter for each plaintext character. So, A is JJ. Pretty simple, but I don't think I'm putting it in my paper now since it strays a bit too far off my thesis of mathematical methods used (to decipher it you use a brute force attack, there are not that many combinations of 5 unique letters)

[evilHurdle]

heh, ever watched a Beautiful Mind? just make sure you dont turn schizophrenic when your done with this EE (man this word is pain to spell).

[dathui]

hm...if you havent read it you really should, The Code Book by Singh, don't remember his first name, might be Simon. It goes thru almost all of that you're going to write about (found about 5-6 things it doesnt). Really worth its read.

Post the essay here when your done, im a bit interested in cryptography myself.

[King Tutankhamun]

Wow, I just started a book today on code breaking. It is from the author that wrote the Da Vinchi Code, it is called Digital Fortress.

[Red_08]

That sounds interesting . I read a book at the library that had codes and stuff in it, with neat ideas how to send them too. It's pretty cool, I like that stuff.

[AK_Thug AMish]

Which book by him, 1999 or 2000 edition?

OhioLink search...

Unfortunately those books aren't at my local university, so I can only check them out for two weeks (I get a whole year checkout at JCU). Thanks for the tips, I can use more sources.

As for it being finished, I'll try and get my rough draft done by September. It's due in January, and I don't want to pull off an AK_thug amish and frantically type the whole thing winter break.