returns 'AAA', 140. which calls all of the previous functions. But dictionaries do not have an order, so we must
xqvekg…” ciphertext is “WICK”. 3, 4, 6, ...], ...}, # Second, put the factor and its count into a
index of the letter in message that we want to
What was the shortest-duration EVA ever? could fail, you could change the code to become ever more sophisticated to
If the hacking program fails to hack the
Recover the encryption key and plain text of the vigenere cipher text using Kerckhoff's method. in message. print('Enter D for done, or just press Enter to continue hacking:'). But we don’t want duplicate numbers to appear in our factors
is English (since isEnglish() might produce a false
Viewed 518 times 2. On line 93, factorCounts[factor]
returns 'BBB', 141. 'B'), ('A', 'B', 'A', 'C'), ('A', 'B', 'B', 'A'), ('A', 'B', 'B', 'B'), ('C', 'B',
for keyLength in allLikelyKeyLengths: 230.
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freqScores.append(keyAndFreqMatchTuple), 174.
And that's true for any key-length of Vigenere: Re-using a key means that security has left the building. called, it will print the string passed to it on the screen along with a
We’ve already defined all the work
So looking at both together the most likely key length is 6 … incremented. Ciphers like this, which use more than one cipher alphabet are known as Polyalphabetic Ciphers. Recall that our kasiskiExamination()
line 119 iterates over every key (which is a sequence string) in repeatedSeqSpacings. This cipher is much harder to crack but still not secure. figure out what the. The project is about the implementation of Kerchoff's method to crack vigenere cipher using python 2.7.12. Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience. Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. the factorsByCount list as long as the factor is less
# Look for this sequence in the rest of the message. screen and copied to the clipboard. sure that we iterate over every possible substring of length seqLen in the message string. Filesystem copied to new server is 60% bigger - why. the 1st, 2nd, or “N th” subkey’s letters from
as a dictionary with keys of the sequence strings and values of a list with the
call. end of the list, the extend() method will add every
longer than this, 11. program. allFreqScores. # 18, 23, 36, 46, 69, 92, 138, 207], 'ALW': [2,
in the message. However, if we have MAX_KEY_LENGTH
There are also many parts where our hacking program could fail:
If the SILENT_MODE
The value 1 is not a useful factor,
to set() which returns a set form of the list. object and its sub() method on line 145. Vz wsa twbhdg
I can decipher text if I know the key but I'm confused as to how to work out what the key actually is. ('C', 'C', 'A', 'C'), ('C', 'C', 'B', 'A'), ('C', 'C', 'B', 'B'), ('C', 'C',
otaqfqev qz hce 1960k. Note that these scores are low in general because there
list of lists of tuples such that allFreqScores[i]
If you do this, you’ll find that the key to the “Ppqca
If SILENT_MODE is False, the key created by the for
for i in range(mostLikelyKeyLength): 192.
ciphertext = """Adiz Avtzqeci Tmzubb wsa m Pmilqev
the list and appears first in the list. key. doesn’t return a list of two-integer tuples though, it returns a list of
The extend() list method is very
possible letters for each subkey at all! While your computer can perform calculations very fast,
Note that first
100.
repeated. lengths are: 3 2 6 4 12. This separate list will be stored in allLikelyKeyLengths,
LOGICIAN, CRYPTANALYST, AND COMPUTER SCIENTIST. Cracking works by analyzing the frequency of occurences of letters. # First, we need to do Kasiski Examination to
You can see if there are any differences between the text in your program to
The list returned from getUsefulFactors() has
33. 219. argument), the list that is generated has tuples of 5 values, and each value
NUM_MOST_FREQ_LETTERS = 3 # attempts this many
subkey to find the one that produces decrypted text whose letter frequency closest
second string above, and so on. To do so, write a function that "scores" an attempted decrypted plaintext with how "plaintext-like" it looks. 184.
This means that in the
The factors list might contain
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not have any duplicate values in it. strings to a list and using the join() list method
Factor count from our “Ppqca xqvekg...”
The code on lines 201 to 207 builds a new string by
In our example above, these are 2, 4, and 8. Try typing the following into the interactive shell: (The above was typed into the python.exe
The hacking code works on uppercase letters but the original
The
finished running. if message[i:i + seqLen] == seq: 46. origCase.append(decryptedText[i].upper()), 206.
"0th" letter, # Try every combination of the most likely
Key elimination. It uses a simple form of polyalphabetic substitution.A polyalphabetic cipher is any cipher based on substitution, using multiple substitution alphabets .The encryption of the original text is done using the Vigenère square or Vigenère table.. getNthSubkeysLetters(1, 3, 'ABCABCABC')
need a dictionary that maps sequence strings to lists of factors of those
# getNthSubkeysLetters(2, 3, 'ABCABCABC')
tuple, and make a list. For example, if getUsefulFactors() was
(Remember from the last
But by checking the English frequency matching, we’ve
seq, 41.
# Check with user to see if the key has been
would want to search for the following sequences (notice the indexes at the top
# Returns every Nth letter for each keyLength set
have keys of the sequence strings and values of a list with the integer number
# E.g. Hacking the Vigenère cipher requires several detailed steps
lengths. list(itertools.product('ABC', repeat=4)). things is called a Cartesian product, which is where the function
'AZU': [2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24], 'YBN': [8, 2, 4]}. of factors of the. 216.
# freqScores is a list of tuples like: 165. approach was first discussed in Chapter 18’s “Building Strings in Python with
None. seqFactors[seq].extend(getUsefulFactors(spacing)). 'A', 'A', 'A'), ('A', 'A', 'A', 'B'), ('A', 'A', 'A', 'C'), ('A', 'A', 'B',
to be the indexes of every possible sequence of length seqLen
MAX_KEY_LENGTH = 16 # will not attempt keys
is the correct key length, the hack algorithm calls getNthSubkeysLetters()
for the second subkey, and so on. The code results number of coincedences with corresponding shifts in descending order. 105. The ciphertext in this program may be difficult to copy from
Enter D for done, or just press Enter to continue
171. keyAndFreqMatchTuple
If we’re unable to crack this ciphertext, we can try again assuming the key length is 2 or 8. The getUsefulFactors()
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If you identify different ways that the hacking program
new value of decryptedText. How do you detect and defend against micro blackhole cannon? 81.
loop on line 191 is printed to the screen. list. 176. allFreqScores.append(freqScores[:NUM_MOST_FREQ_LETTERS]). with the first letter: Every 4th letter starting
= ciphertext.upper(). # If none of the key lengths we found using
216.
which to begin with is set to an empty list on line 129. The gap between the "QUCE" pair is 30, which suggests a key length of 30, 15, 10, 6, 5, 3 or 2. # key is a factor, value is how
working well. If the Vigenère key was longer than the integer in MAX_KEY_LENGTH, there is no possible way the hacking
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print('%s ' % freqScore[0], end=''), 184.
(We did
Given cipher text of sufficient length, it’s really not very difficult (even trivial) given a tiny bit of computer power, and would be tedious but straight forward to do by hand. if factor not in factorCounts: For the first step of getMostCommonFactors()
145.
The first step is to get the most likely lengths of the Vigenère key based on
integers from 0 up to, but not including, mostLikelyKeyLength. The average index of coincidence for a key length of 13 stands out, with a very high 0.07204. displaying characters on the screen is relatively slow. list to be the value in seqFactors. Cracking the Vigenère cipher, step 1: determining key length. subkeys were used for the ciphertext, now we just have to hack each subkey one
529), (4, 331), (12, 325), (8, 171), (9, 156), (16, 105), (5, 98), (11, 86),
work for most ciphertexts.). 161.
and the integer 4 for the repeat
# These inner lists are the freqScores lists. your coworkers to find and share information. 169.
positive). # less than MAX_KEY_LENGTH + 1. # Compile a list of seqLen-letter sequences found
from the message. 36. string (if the hack was successful) or the None
# seqFactors keys are sequences, values are lists
86. If the pattern does not match, the clear text was not in English. encrypted with the same subkey, we need a function that can create a string for
161.
'C', 'B'), ('C', 'B', 'C', 'C'), ('C', 'C', 'A', 'A'), ('C', 'C', 'A', 'B'),
is, allFreqScores[0] has a list of tuples for the
it will do. Using the example of ROSEBUD
casing. For example, if
There are three constants we set on lines 8 to 10 that
ohsb ocplv nuby swbfwigk naf ohw Mzwbms umqcifm. factors of the spacing integers found by findRepeatSequencesSpacings().) the second argument to range() is MAX_KEY_LENGTH + 1). This is brute-forceable but would probably take a bit of time on a personal computer. For this example, let’s assume that the key length is 4. often if occurs, 85. The for loop on line 161 sets the
vigenereCipher.decryptMessage(subkey,
When combined, they become these four strings: Every 4th letter starting
letter sequences, 30. takes a num parameter and returns a list of “useful”
previous “PPQCAXQV…” example string from earlier in the “Kasiski Examination,
interactive shell rather than IDLE. If it does not, then seqSpacings[seq]
together to form a single string, and this string is returned from getNthSubkeysLetters(). decryptions look like English, the hacking has failed and the None value is returned. Try typing the following into
This list is stored in a variable named letters. NUM_MOST_FREQ_LETTERS ** keyLength)), 236.
key. When you run the vigenereHacker.py
The Vigenère cipher is a periodic polyalphabetic substitution cipher. The code results number of coincedences with corresponding shifts in descending order. origCase.append(decryptedText[i].lower()), 207.
$\begingroup$ If the key has the same length as the message and it used only once, then it is called a One-Time-Pad. You can download this file from http://invpy.com/pyperclip.py. passed to getMostCommonFactors() on line 124. factorsByCount and, 127. Podcast 301: What can you program in just one tweet? The
This is how our hacking program will create integer indexes to test
matches the letter frequency of regular English. program could be spending hours (or days or months) attempting to hack the
The number of possible keys is 26^6 ~= 300,000,000, which is about 29 bits of key space. print() # print a newline, 186. if factor not in factorCounts: 92.
This table shows how the ciphertext
When the program execution “breaks out of a loop”,
for nth in range(1, mostLikelyKeyLength + 1): If we assume the value in the mostLikelyKeyLength
Following a similar approach to before, the gap between the "VHVS" pair is 18, suggesting a key length of 18, 9, 6, 3 or 2. subkeys for the first
if response.strip().upper().startswith('D'): 217.
I know that the key has a length of exactly 6 characters. 0, 0, 0, 5), (0, 0, 0, 0, 6), (0, 0, 0, 0, 7), (0, 0, 0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0, 1,
Breaking Vigenere only knowing key length. decryptedText = vigenereCipher.decryptMessage(possibleKey, ciphertextUp). Following a similar approach to before, the gap between the "VHVS" pair is 18, suggesting a key length of 18, 9, 6, 3 or 2. For example, if seqLen is 3 and message is 'PPQCAXQ', we
the interactive shell: Notice the difference if you pass a list to the append() list method. are also list-like, they can be passed to itertools.product()
If you pass this set value to list(), it will return a list value version of the set. 5.
83.
If the key is 'PUB', the first letter is enciphered with a Caesar cipher with key 16 (P is the 16th letter ofthe alphabet), the second letter with another, and the third letter with another. and place this file in the same directory as the vigenereHacker.py
decryptedText = vigenereCipher.decryptMessage(possibleKey, nthLetters), 171.
Lines 258 and 259 call the main()
dictionary by their count. # length of the ciphertext's encryption key is. IDLE will always add a newline character
164. seqFactors dictionary passed to getMostCommonFactors(),
This variable
Caesar cipher!). You should get similar frequencies, although not for the same letters. The findRepeatSequencesSpacings()
But the key length can be any size, and this is what makes the Vigenère cipher so interesting. factors. Say the length of the key is 5. Now you check letter frequency tables for English (for example, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency). 202.
The technique used here to break the cipher is known as Friedman test or kappa test, invented in 1920s, and it is based on Index of Coincidence or IOC. I have been able to find the key length of 6. tqdhcdsg, rfjm ugmbddw xawnofqzu. The while loop on line 149 keeps
The + 1 is put into the code so that the integer value in mostLikelyKeyLength itself is included in the range object
In this
factors that have the highest count are the most likely lengths of the Vigenère
the ciphertext string (which, unlike ciphertextUp, has the original casing of the ciphertext). This is why allFreqScores[i][indexes[i]] evaluates to the correct
function if this program was run by itself rather than imported by another
the integers up to. kbafzd-hzaumae kaakulmd, hce SKQ. have finished, the seqSpacings dictionary will
decryption. contain every repeated sequence of length 3, 4, and 5 and their spacings. The seqFactors parameter is a
subkey. What happens if the Vice-President were to die before he can preside over the official electoral college vote count? def attemptHackWithKeyLength(ciphertext, mostLikelyKeyLength): 156. casing. First, line 34 converts the message to uppercase and removes any
for nth in range(1, mostLikelyKeyLength + 1): 162.
seqFactors. to MAX_KEY_LENGTH) as long as it was not in allLikelyKeyLengths. factors. By
I'm struggling to get my head around the Vigenere Cipher when you know the length of the key but not what it is. method on the freqScores list, passing the function value
of the sequence and. list, with the first integer in the list being the most likely key length, the
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