You may all be interested in this... http://www.code-challenge.co.uk/ Best wishes, Matt Whitby...
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Apr 3, 2004 4:31 pm
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Hi everyone - newbie here... I've just created my own cipher and really want to know how easy/difficult it is to crack. Anyone who feels like having a go,...
Hi, newbie! It's common cryptographers etiquette that cryptogram challenges should include a detailed description of the cipher if it's not one of the classic...
Hi Sean Alas, I'm neither famous nor rich, so I guess I should provide a description of my cipher. I have a question first though...'detailed description' -...
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who's tried to solve the DoraCipher. Best wishes, Matt. ... This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net...
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Apr 22, 2004 2:26 pm
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Hello, I'm hoping to find a few people who'd be interested in helping out improving the cryptography articles at Wikipedia. (Wikipedia's a project to create a...
Multinational team cracks crypto puzzle By CNET News.com Staff http://news.com.com/2100-7355-5201037.html Story last modified April 27, 2004, 11:42 AM PDT RSA...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/ww w/story/04-27-2004/0002160357&EDATE=TUE+Apr+27+2004,+07:08+AM> Silicon Valley Biz...
No-one seems to be discussing Simon's challenge any more, but those interested in ciphers (presumably everyone in this group) might find the Dorabella cipher -...
This is not exactly cipher-related, but since it's (a) on-line; (b) has a million dollar grand prize and (c) you can enter from anywhere in the world, I...
Hi Tim, ... find ... remained ... There is a Yahoo group to discuss this (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elgar-Cipher), although admittedly we haven't discussed...
i was sleepy!!! ... From: "Fred Bone" <fred.bone@...> To: <CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:06 AM Subject: Re:...
Hi all, Ive been set the challenge by one of my fellow Maths Ungraduates of cracking a code that I claimed was easy to break. Basically the Plaintext is put...
Hello Simon ... Probably because I am dumb, but I can't quite understand the explination you gave. But, trying to read between the lines, it sounds a bit like...
Andrew Bruno
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Nov 18, 2004 12:26 am
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... Hi Andrew, Well my explanation was a bit rushed, and not all that clear, first you will need to know how Matrices Multiply, and http://tinyurl.com/6w7yo...
Hello Simon ... Yes. I shall look at the link now and study it a bit more. Regards -- Andrew Bruno abruno@......
Andrew Bruno
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Nov 20, 2004 8:29 pm
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Hello Simon (What's happened to everyone else?) Well after reading the link you sent and breaking it down to a simple form and from what I understand: For any...
Andrew Bruno
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Nov 20, 2004 8:45 pm
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... From your description, this appears to be the Hill cipher. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_cipher You could conceivably brute force the matrix, presuming...
Hello matt_crypto ... Struth! Just had a look at that link and it is written in some foreign language! ;-) I can't understand much of it at all. But I think...
Andrew Bruno
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Nov 22, 2004 5:12 am
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Thanks to everyone whos sent me their thoughts on this, it looks like Matt has found a version of it and will be passing the info to my friend. Ill try to...
For 250 years it has exercised the minds of theologians, historians and scientists. Charles Darwin was observed pondering its meaning, and Josiah Wedgwood...
Its all about the Quest not the Grail! ... and scientists. Charles Darwin was observed pondering its meaning, and Josiah Wedgwood spent many an hour attempting...
Hi, folks, I see that this group is still alive. Those of you who are into the history of code breaking will know that this group was formed last century, in ...
