Re: A computer program that exists that can apply ~200 cryptoanalysis medthods that predate PGP?

From: Jim Gillogly (jim@acm.org)
Date: 03/25/03 

From: jim@acm.org (Jim Gillogly)
Date: 24 Mar 2003 23:47:37 -0800

"http://CBC.am/home.htm {Radio Canada}" <mikehack@u.washington.edu> wrote in message news:>...
> No, I am not dreaming.
> Most cryptanalysis algorithms for cryptography based on the Caesar cipher
> (2000 years old) to the AFDGX (or even the ENIGMA, TYPEX etc...) have long
> ago been coded into Pascal, C, etc...
>
> If one were to take these algorithms and put them into a cryptographic
> analysis toolkit -- it could greatly reduce the effort required in breaking
> cryptographic problems.

Over the last 10 years or so I've extended my program to handle
a little over 100 classical cipher types, sharing a common search
module that implements my favorite "shotgun hillclimbing" strategy.
It takes less than half an hour to add a typical classical system.
I'm not sure I *know* another 100 classical ciphers.

      Jim Gillogly

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