VMs: VMS cipher?

["Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Yes but one would still be uncertain as to whether the previous sentence was
properly translated If one gets the previous wrong the following would be
wrong as well because we would try to make the previous part fit
In all I guess that there are too few abbreviation symbols in the vms code
to
encode such a piece of text of the size of the vms even if the same symbol
encodes more than one letter group

While Brumbaugh thought that he had a table that worked I am saying that we
cannot be certain even if we get the right table

Cheers

Gabriel

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Modified method stronger version of cipher

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Same plain text encrypted with same method. And it's a simple variation on a
known method from the past.

The first cipher should be easy to break. The second would be more
troublesome.

There are a very large number of permutations from static to random. Is that
strong enough encryption to fit the VMS?


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