1) Demonstrate your mastery of the learned Ciphers by breaking them.
2) Win a prize by solving the cipher challenge.
Break the following 8 ciphers and email your answer to nhahnfeld@antilles.vi to receive a prize.
Cipher #1: Caesar Cipher
"xtvavbiaxkzboxlrhnt phkwaxkxbmblbgmxzkte"
Cipher #2: Multiplication Cipher
"secadqzegnyydqalse cdkedzgunekfeyadglpw"
Cipher #3: Linear Cipher
"hkllkxrxkqskvwmkefkhjl cpxkialfmewmjfkxlfkgcx dmelxmycvcoklxu"
Cipher #4: Rail Fence Cipher
"hwohinirocywimtaanelcpituooseol yerfehssrurnrrfdtaeceneerduas"
Cipher #5: Atbash Cipher
"mldrgtvghzorggovnlivgirxp bblfidliwrhvcklmvmg"
Cipher #6: A Transposition Cipher
"evitavireditnasidrowruoysd rawkcabdaernacuoywonkuoydid"
Cipher #7: RSA Cipher The public encoding key is (e,m) = (5,35).
"19 14 20 12 22 14 12 33 7 9 12 9 8 23 16 14 33 9 7 8 "
How to break it
Cipher #8: Monoalphabetic Substitution Cipher
"TBQ QRM JY LQGOBQM TBQ IGYT SVLM JY YJKUG TBQ CJLYT IQTTQLY OVUFJRQM PJQIM TBQ GRYSQL SVLM"
Related web sources:
Cipher Challenge posed by the Code Book author Simon Singh
Encarta.com
Yahoo's Encryption & Security
Glossary
PBS Online
Introduction to Cryptography
Enigma and the Codebreakers
Enigma History
Enigma Emulator
I hope you enjoyed it !!!
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