Cryptology - Unofficial St. Mary's College of California Web Site
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10.13. EXERCISES 213<br />
evening Adam herald tribune.<br />
(signed) Philip Bruner<br />
This response to Exercise 11 uses the keyword Regulars to specify a<br />
rectangle <strong>of</strong> nine lines and five columns. The ordering is U4, D3, U5, D2,<br />
U1. Decipher the message. (Hint: remember that each column ends with<br />
an extra check word that is then ignored.)<br />
13. [Plum] Cipher No. 4 was the last one <strong>of</strong> the war, only going into service<br />
on March 23, 1865. By now the codesheets were really code books. This<br />
one had 1608 codewords, many key words and routes, and even it was in<br />
code. Page seven in its entirety is:<br />
3 7 4 2<br />
8 10 14 12<br />
13 11 9<br />
6 5 1<br />
Bedroom. 1. Lazy. — Blonde. 11. Liniment.<br />
Bedstead. 2. League. — Bloody. 12. Lion.<br />
Beverage. 3. Leather. — Bosom. 13. Liquid.<br />
Beyond. 4. Legacy. — Boy. 14. Loafer.<br />
Big. 5. Lemon. — Bread. 15. Log.<br />
Bill. 6. Lesson. — Bride. 16. Lomax.<br />
Billiards. 7. Let. — Brush. 17. Long.<br />
Bilious. 8. Library. — Bulk. 18. Lucky.<br />
Blanket. 9. Life. — Bushel. 19. Luscious.<br />
Bliss. 10. Linen. — Buxom. 20. Luxury.<br />
Words are the line indicators, only one was used (unless the message was<br />
more than 20 lines, in which case others were added.) The route was<br />
given, reading left-to-right, using only the top and bottom lines. So here<br />
the route is up the 6th, down the 3rd, up the 5th, down the 7th, up the<br />
1st, down the 4th, down the 2nd. The middle lines are only to confuse<br />
the enemy. (Remember that there is an extra word at the end <strong>of</strong> each<br />
column.)<br />
Word Code Word Code<br />
. flea, hound battle knit<br />
, ass, bat commander locust<br />
, bear, bitch corps Madrid<br />
, cat the enemy village<br />
3 Madison fight optic<br />
15th Brown fighting oppressing<br />
18 Norris in the quail<br />
60 Knox <strong>of</strong> the serenade<br />
July <strong>St</strong>eward one Harry<br />
Sunday Tyler over skeleton<br />
Couch ax night Rustle<br />
A. Lincoln Adrian relieved trammeled<br />
Meade Bunyan the river turnip<br />
Smith children signature upright<br />
Washington, D.C. Incubus