Comments on: Ciphertext from Hell Revisited http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/10/10/ciphertext-from-hell-revisited/ I will not fix your computer. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.26 By: Fandik Hacker http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/10/10/ciphertext-from-hell-revisited/#comment-12698 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:40:53 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/?p=276#comment-12698

Hi guys, precise solution (7 years of launching the cipher after) is here

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]]> By: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/10/10/ciphertext-from-hell-revisited/#comment-12113 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:02:03 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/?p=276#comment-12113

Yeah, emacs has mode for everything. Maybe I should spend more time with it instead of my dearest friend Vi. :P

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]]> By: Chris Wellons http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/10/10/ciphertext-from-hell-revisited/#comment-12111 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:51:39 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/?p=276#comment-12111

When I first looked at the ciphertext I thought it was a transposition cipher combined with a substitution cipher. The arrangement of the ciphertext suggest transposition, and the frequency of the p’s indicated substitution.

Since it’s just substitution, that rearrangement makes cracking it harder becuase the i’s and a’s won’t stand out.

Emacs actually has a decipher mode for cracking these things. Here is a screenshot.

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