[Sca-cooks] OT - a challenge for geeks

[Terry Decker]

It appears to be a cryptogram using a five character break (and probably 
padding) to reduce identifiable patterns.  A cursory examination suggests a 
polyalphabetic cipher possibly with a keyword or phrase.  If you want to 
tackle it, I would suggest simple alphabet frequency analysis, followed by 
frequency analysis of character groups, followed by frequency analysis of 
letters and groups seperated by a key count.

Looks like someone went to see The Da Vinci Code and got inspired.

Bear

> Ooookkkaaayyyy... are you afraid that some instructions would give the 
> puzzle away?
> I have no idea what kind of puzzle this is or how to go about a 
> solution...
>
> Huette, who is very puzzled
>
> --- Daniel Myers <eduard at medievalcookery.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I've posted a [*cough*] little puzzle on my web site.  There's a
>> prize for the first person to get all the way to the solution.
>>
>> http://www.medievalcookery.com/unknown.shtm
>>
>> - Doc