VMs: Another VMS idea?

["Larry Roux" <lroux@xxxxxxx>]

What if the author put the message in with the letters spaced and then filled in the spaces with some sentence: ie:

   T   H  I     S   I   S   A    T     E      S     T
FRO GS  AR E FRO  GS ARE  FR OGS  AR EF ROG SA RE FR OGS ARE

FROTGS HARIE FROS GSIARES FRAOGS TAR EREROG SASRE FRTOGS ARE

While the above isn't quite viable, this would retain a logical letter distribution curve (as all the characters are from a language) and may explain repeated words.

You could have multiple sentences - ie "initial P means use "JACK IS A DULL BOY" and initial "T" is use "MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY".

This would be a "simple substitution cipher" with an easy twist and wouldn't require the VMS to use 18th century methodology.

How could you tell is something like this is being done?  


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Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx
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