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When the news first broke, redditors did a pretty impressive analysis: http://en.reddit.com/r/cryptography/comments/12jipi/ww2_pigeon_carried_an_encrypted_text_
by sounds 14y ago
When the news first broke, redditors did a pretty impressive analysis: http://en.reddit.com/r/cryptography/comments/12jipi/ww2_pigeon_carried_an_encrypted_text_here_it_is/ http://en.reddit.com/r/cryptography/comments/12jipi/ww2_pige...
I'd place my money on this comment: "Poem code with AOAKN being the indicator group, 27 representing the block count and 1525/6 being a page or line number."
- andyjohnson0 14y agoInteresting point about the indicator-group at the start and end. But I thought poem codes were mainly used for under-cover situations where having a physical copy of the key could be compromising. Why then is this message written on an official-looking message pad with "Pigeon Service" printed at the top? That seems incongruous to me.
- sounds 14y agoThe chaos of WWII can easily be enough of an explanation. I guess I would argue that the repeat of AOAKN is a good indication of a poem code, more than the official pad can dissuade me.