Re: VMs: Image Source, Accuracy of Transcriptions

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Jeff <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here the top line is letter for letter a
> representation of the first line of
> pepys cookbook. It is based on using pure EVA and is
> a modification of what
> I believe the VMS algorithm to be and would have
> made it more uncrackable
> than it already is as it would have masked the
> repetition in word endings,
> which is the biggest clue.
> 
> Now before you come back and tell me I am wasting my
> time, you tell me how this works. 

Hello Jeff, I can understand that you did not
like what I wrote, but in a way, if one takes
a step back and take a look, one could argue
that we're all wasting our time. But it's fun.
Filling in crosswords is also a waste of time,
by the same argument.

> You have the plain text
> and the encipherment. Want to take the challenge.
> All the information is there
> 
> cy.odei.f.ftke.ti.arcta.si.nhe.qhcky.ac.yook.tslshde
>
dd.ed.d.tyfltk.hp.ase.tcai.ifook.siiy.dp.hai.imlc.shsdy.do.ot.cty
> 
> cookbook plain text
> 
> to.make.a.stew.of.flesh.yf.thy.potte.be.iiij.gallons
>
do.yn.a.quarte.of.wyn.take.fayre.befe.of.the.fore.loyne.or.of.the

I have no chance on Earth in trying to crack this :-)

My point is: I am not at all challenging your
method or appraoch. Instead, I think you may
be feeding it with inaccurate data.

Cheers, Rene

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