Re: Reverse caesar cipher

From: John A. Malley (102667.2235_at_compuserve.com)
Date: 11/29/04


Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:13:53 -0800

KelvinLJ27 wrote:
> Been trying to decode this, " YKNAN RAN EDV YKJELZ RQDXY FRYK J MJEO
> JEYNANZYJEL" all night and can't get it. Help Please!!!

It is ciphertext from a reverse Caesar cipher. I cracked it with a
probable word attack - that is, I looked for the encipherment of common
words and word endings. The cipher preserves word letter patterns. That
is a big hint. And the ciphertext preserves the spaces between plaintext
words in the ciphertext! Another big hint.

Now I bet you can crack it.

John A. Malley
102667.2235@compuserve.com