Cryptology - Unofficial St. Mary's College of California Web Site
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10.13. EXERCISES 211<br />
and the second gives<br />
I G N S S<br />
E m a y s n<br />
D e d x s x<br />
N w b e o u<br />
S a d i r o<br />
So the ciphertext is maysn edxsx wbeou adiro.<br />
The following message was enciphered using this technique. Decrypt it.<br />
Hint: The size is 7 × 10.<br />
WVGAE EGENL TFTOH TEIEF RBTSE INENG ONWRM GXIXN GOITN ROMRO ESPAL<br />
HNEAC UDNNH DERME<br />
9. [HITT PAGE 47] Hitt considers the following slightly tricky example.<br />
LT. J. B. SMITH, Royal Flying Corps, Calais, France.<br />
DACFT RRBHA MOOUE AENOI ZTIET ASMOS EOHIE YOCKF NOHOE NOUTH OMEAH<br />
NILGO OSAHU OHOUE APCHS TLNDA CFTEN INTWN BAFOH GROHT AEIOH ABRIS<br />
ODACF TRREN OSTSM AYBIS DFTEN EFAPH OSMNI ZTIEA HLILL TWSOU GDENO<br />
UTHOM EAHBH AMOOU EAYOE QISUU OLEHA DENOE NHOOQ OBBOR TSLHO BAHEO<br />
UBHOB IHTSW ENOHO PAHIH ITUAS BIHTL<br />
Graham-White<br />
Is this a transposition or substitution cipher Explain your answer.<br />
For help, here is the frequency count.<br />
22 11 5 6 23 7 3 26 16 0 1 8 7 15 37 3 2 7 14 18 11 0 3 0 3 2<br />
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z<br />
10. [Plum, page 51] General Halleck wished the following cipher to be sent.<br />
Washington, 10:30am, July 15, 1863<br />
For Genl S.A. Hurlbut, Memphis:<br />
If Gen. W.T. Sherman’s movements have sufficiently occupied the<br />
enemy to render your line safe, send all the forces you can spare to<br />
Brig.-Gen. Prentiss to operate on Price’s rear if he advances toward<br />
Missouri.<br />
H.W. Halleck, Maj.-Gen’l.<br />
His clerk, T. T. Eckert, chose McClellan as the indicator. This specifies<br />
the codewords specified in Figure 10.4.<br />
The message is to be pulled <strong>of</strong>f by first starting at the bottom right-hand<br />
corner and moving up the diagonal, followed by D1, U6, D2, U5, D3, U4.<br />
In addition, there is be a null added after every six words. That is, after<br />
the diagonal, after D1, after U6, after D2, etc..<br />
Please encipher the message.