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

From: Joe Peschel (jpeschel@no.spam.org)
Date: 03/25/03 

From: Joe Peschel <jpeschel@no.spam.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:50:47 -0000

jim@acm.org (Jim Gillogly) wrote in
news:ac82b7cf.0303242347.2298b324@posting.google.com:

> 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.
>

How have you modified your ciphertext-only attack on Enigma? I noticed
Weierud and Sullivan have devised a Purple cracker. Have you done any work
on cracking other machine ciphers?

J 

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