Enter file loc (use // for ): PBEGUUYMIQICUUFGUUYIQGUUYQCUIVFIQGUUYQCUQBEMEVP Size = 47 B 2 C 3 E 3 F 2 G 4 I 5 M 2 P 2 Q 6 U 12 V 2 Y 4 ******************************************************* PB 1 EG 1 UU 5 YM 1 IQ 1 IC 1 FG 1 YI 1 QG 2 YQ 2 CU 2 IV 1 FI 1 QB 1 EM 1 EV 1 ******************************************************* PBE 1 GUU 4 YMI 1 QIC 1 UUF 1 YIQ 1 YQC 2 UIV 1 FIQ 1 UQB 1 EME 1 Ruby made this is so easy :) Becker On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:10:00 +0900, Markus <markus / reality.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 16:45, STEPHEN BECKER I V wrote: > > it was a stupid idea on to how to crack some > > ciphered text. > > PBEGUUYMIQICUUFGUUYIQGUUYQCUIVFIQGUUYQCUQBEMEVP > > And they gave no hints! > > So roll your own. (Hints, that is). Frequency analysis generally > doesn't help much in cyphers this short, but Q is just begging to be > space: > > PBEGUUYMI ICUUFGUUYI GUUY CUIVFI GUUY CU BEMEVP > > Which, assuming the plain text is English, makes GUUY on of: > > Abba abbe Abby adds ally ammo Anna Anne > beef been beep beer bees beet book > boom boon boor boos boot cook cool coon > coop deem deep deer doom door ebbs eddy > eggs Ella Emma errs feed feel fees feet > food fool foot good goof Haag Haas heed > heel hood hoof hook hoop hoot ills illy > inns jeep jeer keel keen keep leek leer > lees look loom loon loop loot meek meet > mood Moon Moor moot need nook noon odds > offs Otto peek peel peep peer pool poor > reed reef reel roof rook room root seed > seek seem seen seep seer sees soon soot > teem teen took tool veer weed week weep > wood woof wool woos zoom zoos > > ...with the caveat that it isn't "peep" (that would make G == Y). > Noticing that the middle cypher symbol U is also the last in the two > letter cypher word CU and that GUUY occurs inside the two longest > words... > > Well, you get the idea. > > -- MarkusQ > >