[Sca-cooks] OT - a challenge for geeks
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Mon May 29 21:03:07 PDT 2006
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
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