Cipher of the day: C-Pad (from Dirk's site as usual)
EDIT MODE: it seems that, like other nice softwares, this one has vanished from Dirk's site as well. So here is a
link to download it if you don't have it yet
if someone can get in touch with him, could you ask him to repost all those missing gems.
END of EDIT MODE
What I really like about this software is that given the same key, the same message, encoded twice, will look totally different. I don't know if this enhances the cryptographic strenght of it.
This tool needs 10 words (5 letters minimum) as a key.
I thought we might use this opportunity to learn some unusual english words (most of these, I don't think I will ever use in a sentence).
On the left, the key word, on the right the definition (not part of the key)
MELLIFLUOUS
a sound that is sweet and smooth, pleasing to hear
NEFARIOUS
wicked, villainous, despicable.
BOMBINATE
to make a humming or buzzing noise
PETRICHOR
the pleasant, earthy smell after rain
PHOSPHENES
the light and colours produced by rubbing your eyes
OBLIVION
the state of being unaware of what is happening around you
DEFENESTRATION
the act of throwing someone out of a window
EFFERVESCENCE
bubbles in a liquid
INCANDESCENCE
light produced by high temperatures
EPHEMERAL
lasting for a very short time
Now the message
= 249 =
HXFHR KVCMQ NEAWN QQNLK XZIDQ HCBQK WJVOD RBXNT KIGRI SVYWH
TOIMO KTFZP ZUXXU ELTSS RTQBS SNAZH KBRMK AUGRP TKELI ZGJRJ
LXMVO HBCPV STRCD AFNWK IHOYK LCFXI XZEOI OQMWN RCPWC XZCBT
YTURY JDBKV OFYZV XFIVV JVTIP WMNLU HSYLE RQKYX FVZAQ HQWZX
GPMHA SRKLJ YFVWM MSJMA ESSNF GXAIP DILSQ MRDMU BHPOY ETBSW
YINHX EOZBN SSEMZ QVCGS TDVCT DXMDQ UETVV XQBXP PAYNZ HPFAM
QIRSN SETJD XGQCA IELDX NJVGA JEEPJ MUGWN DQJYD UEJYS LLBVJ
FPOTS LHBGJ ILMLK HDREP BWYJW KNYWJ GZMZV NPKXI UBAZV FBXRY
SYPRO VODDA BONIO KOARQ CDRFX QCFRD JPMAT QDIBR WRYUM YMAGZ
YODCK MHEQB QITUE DVLWZ JUFDP MGYRY INYGO DKBUN VQNEH RJIAC
YIVVE QMISJ KRDII JGOYI TJPDT YLASF GPHKN EJOZV LDGIB NEZTF
JWVOH HMXDE CZVNR YGQOI EHKEI SUIMT HMWGC DWIUQ HOIXU ISQEX
INWIQ IYGAV GVEPV FOXBU ILLFK HVVUT QRUWB QXKTP PVQPJ EXDHQ
CZYMC ZZEBE KUYTX SPCXP GJVPO SCXHJ BEOIO ZMCCI AACMQ FXGJS
LVACS RVRTX WFWSS PEHXA IEMTJ DMAHE VJYGE VPTGH REJVX WXMBH
DVKVF DWTGC AXVZB QFCQG YHBLC WYRIM RZEKH TONWH JREVC WCRNX
DBTDE SUQUH MIGTG VOFYT OVJPW GRMBA LDTOO CFWFC TONKY KOFEC
ILQYQ YZXFF NUKIO TRDQV DJATM BKZQP DUIJE ZHYSO OVNJX MEYDI
XGYKN YEGVK AIFXR ELOLW RPZPZ CDGHR ZWGHO KXHHD BNZPV JTVVF
XHKNJ PDSXV DQWOX YWEBK IGWGG GMKQW SWSSE RKWFY MCPGI IXVJS
RTJXY ZFOWR CQHXJ KPNEO ELEYJ CBTSF IQZSE AWTRH MQLYO ZWISY
DTXVX XXIKC YXSSB BCFAN LFHPT RUJFA DDRYH BSHJI QPNIX DREMK
BVANK YBSPY YDRWC CMBII MSWMV OTWXY BCZDM LNTBP OJNZE XJUED
PABGA VWCQV RDXBV VFSCA JPNOB FFHZE PKDDN XHBUQ BXSIS WXFCJ
ORZMJ FNKOV TUTRF GXTCO MBIBO YCPEX UBZKC OZQHM OAJBL
betacam Was it possible to read my Fialka message at all?