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A good think about how you would exchange letters can solve this code as they've just given you the most simple example. You could read through a few ebooks av
by deif 13y ago
A good think about how you would exchange letters can solve this code as they've just given you the most simple example.
You could read through a few ebooks available on cyptography freely on the internet, but you don't even need to do that in this case, I could just tell you.
The most common letter used in the english language is 'e'. Now identify the dot pattern that is the most common. Voila, you can translate a lot of the code. For the other letters, I would investigate some sort of chart that ranks the most common letters in the English alphabet. With a bit of playing you can do this with a pencil and paper.
Obviously computer cryptography is more advanced, but your question related to this code specifically.
- bluedino 13y ago> Obviously computer cryptography is more advanced Wouldn't a single message from an unknown cipher be almost impossible to crack? You'd either need to know the algorithm or have multiple encoded messages along with the keys, right?
- youngerdryas 13y agoA one time pad cipher can be considered unbreakable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
- nijk 13y agoNot necessarily, because some ciphers retain statistical information about the plaintext . any prior knowledge about the shape of the plaintext can give you better than flat random chance of recognizing he decrypt.