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Updated on:
9/18/23

Schedule

We meet MWF, 12:20 pm - 1:10 pm, in South College W205. (Campus Map.)

WEEK 3 History of c0d3z

    M 18 Sept. Consistencies

    • Read Gaines, chapter 9 on substitution ciphers and prepare p. 86 #45 (SCYJT OPNRM JTUEA WSROR OAEPQ RJCRO ARMPH QKJQS RSJHA XPFKE AQRMY SRPQP MPSEC AHGAW SROPE EESHA QOPVS HIROA QPFAE AHIRO PHNPQ RJHTF UAMCJ MRYRO MAAWA EEBTQ RWMSR ASRJH AIMJT KUAEJ WPHJR OAMPH NQAAW OPRYJ TQAAL).
    • Prepare for class: Gaines p. 16 #7 (TSSNI); and #9 (WINTA). You may want to use the crypto resources to help
    • If you like, use ACA's javascript to help solve

    Grid Paper!

     

    W 20 Sept. Vigenere

    • Read Gaines, chapter 10.
    • Read Singh, chapter 2;
    • In-class language exercises: syntax and deep structure.
    • Interested in computing some of these? Here are some resources at Practical Cryptography.

    Grid Paper!

     

    F 22 Sept. Mechanization: Scherbius and Zimmerman

    • Read Gaines, chapter 11.
    • Read Singh, chapter 3;
    • An excellent book on the Zimmerman Telegram is by Barbara Tuchman.

Voynich Manuscript

One of the weirdest ciphers there is. The Voynich manuscript is held at Yale.

Was Voynich really solved? Read here. Compare the Balneis Puteolanis (Morgan Library MS G.74); a website with Voynich info ad infinitum. And then skeptics: Ars Technica reporting on the Atlantic, reporting on the original TLS story. A Vouynich Wiki, and the full manuscript.

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