Re: Breaking polyalphabetic cipher..

From: Douglas A. Gwyn (DAGwyn@null.net)
Date: 04/14/03

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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>

    David Wilson wrote:
    > I agree with you, DAGwyn that I am about as green as the grass with all
    > this. But it does not mean that just because you (i.e., DAGwyn) are good at
    > cracking a Vigenère cipher because you have "seen it before", that warrants
    > voiding the step by step process of learning, making errors, learning, going
    > back, and learning some more. However, if you want to roll up your sleeves
    > and "dig in" to this code, you may. But don't waste your precious time
    > either with a nOOb, DAGwyn, you've solved -these- kinds of puzzles before...

    Being green as the grass, you should heed advice from those with
    experience. My advice was that you are really wasting your time
    with your "trial and error" approach (which will teach you
    nothing except, eventually, that that approach doesn't work),
    and that your time would be much better spent in studying the
    subject with good guidance such as the tutorial books by Gaines,
    Callimahos & Friedman, etc.

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