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Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack.

From Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups sci.crypt
Subject Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack.
Date 2021-09-17 17:23 +0100
Organization Fix this later
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On 17/09/2021 17:07, austin obyrne wrote:
> Given that the ciphertext is comprised of groups of
> 3 x seven-digit integers. It follows that the sample
> space is of the order of (9 factorial)^21 in any attack.
> This is 362880^21- an enormous number that can even
> be made emuch larger if needs be.

Don't be too impressed by big numbers. We polished off bigger numbers 
than that in Shuttlepads.


> The expectation of repeats in a string of 10000 items
>   of vector ciphertext has been explored and no repeat
> was found.
> 
> Collecting enough repeats to submit to the sample
> space of 9!^21 hoping to get some meaningful frequency
> and some assocoiated probability that could assigned to
>   some character in ASCII would be a useless exercise.
> 
> The probability index would be useless. It wouldn't even
> come on scale. It would in fact be tantamount to another
>   brute force program that would fail for the same reason as before.

You said that sort of thing about ShuttlePads. Which I seem to recall 
fell rather easily.

> 
> Comment:
> 
> Trying out old defunct methods of scalar cryptography as
> some readers are doing won't work in vector cryptography.

They have already been shown to work.

> Keep rowing.

Until you learn from previous breaks, you're just going to keep on 
rowing the same old river.


-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
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Triangulation Cryptography  - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 09:07 -0700
  Re: Triangulation Cryptography  - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Leo <usenet@gkbrk.com> - 2021-09-17 16:17 +0000
    Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-17 17:34 +0100
      Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 02:28 -0700
    Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 09:36 -0700
      Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 09:14 -0700
      Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-09-24 15:14 -0500
        Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-24 21:57 +0000
  Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-17 17:23 +0100
  Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 18:44 +0200
    Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 10:11 -0700
      Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 19:32 +0200
        Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-17 18:43 +0100
        Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 11:04 -0700
          Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 20:14 +0200
            Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 11:35 -0700
              Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 20:49 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 12:09 -0700
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 21:30 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 13:39 -0700
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 22:44 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 13:55 -0700
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-09-24 15:33 -0500
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-17 20:42 +0100
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 22:25 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. wizzofozz <oxxxxxxxxxxxs@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 22:56 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-17 23:11 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. wizzofozz <oxxxxxxxxxxxs@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 23:53 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Max <maxturv26@gmx.net> - 2021-09-18 00:16 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 00:12 -0700
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 01:56 -0700
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-18 10:09 +0100
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 02:25 -0700
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-17 20:57 +0000
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. wizzofozz <oxxxxxxxxxxxs@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 23:03 +0200
                Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. wizzofozz <oxxxxxxxxxxxs@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 22:47 +0200
            Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-17 20:54 +0000
        Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 11:23 -0700
        Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-17 20:50 +0000
    Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-17 20:46 +0000
      Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-09-17 13:56 -0700
  Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 02:41 -0700
    Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-18 10:55 +0100
      Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 03:34 -0700
        Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-18 12:26 +0000
          Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-18 14:02 +0100
            Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 06:17 -0700
              Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-18 14:28 +0100
              Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-18 14:51 +0100
              Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-18 16:20 +0000
            Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-18 16:18 +0000
  Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 06:24 -0700
    Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-18 14:31 +0100
      Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-18 06:44 -0700
        Re: Triangulation Cryptography - Statistical Cryptanalysis Attack. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-18 15:20 +0100

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