I came across your page from the numberphile channel. I've watched some of your videos and they're great! I killed a few hours over this code though, but no luck!
I encoded extra large french fries in the way i thought he would have done (using the playfair cipher technique) but i cant find it anywhere in the code. anyone know what i should do or did wrong?
@palmomki One way would be to get a computer to decrypt the message using each word in a big wordlist, then look for common English words in the decrypted text. For example: "the" "of" "it" "and" "is". If there's a few, you can add the decrypted message to a list. Once it's finished processing (this will only take a few seconds), just look at the list to see if there's a nice readable message on it. The disadvantage with this method is that it will only work if the key is a single real word.
@RobsonYay I see... And if you're unlucky there will be no "it", "is" or "of" repeated enough to look for the solution, and many codes will be basically undecryptable, unless you find the key
@palmomki Almost all sentences contain a few common words (the, be, to, of, and, in, that, have, it, for, not, on, with, you, all, if, etc), so you would get the computer to add up the occurrences of each word, then total all of those together. If there's a reasonable amount, then the message is a candidate.
To make your message a bit more secure, you could miss out common words and misspell words, because that would make it harder for a computer to know that it's found the right answer.
Done....12 hours straight up!! The first code I've EVER solved.... got to know a lot about different kinda codes...THANKS....spent the first few hours tryin to research wat kinda code it is....loved the challenge!!
easy solve... next time don't include the crib so that people can work a little at it before solving it. Even without the crib a dictionary attack opens the door in less than five minutes. Maybe make the keyword something that would not show in a dictionary attack...
Then again I'm sure you wanted people to solve it. No need to create an enigma out of it :)
I thought this was a great challenge. The whole puzzle could be solved only on pen and paper. If your going to rely on tools and programs to help you out I wouldn't say that's an 'easy solve'.
@antichrist65535 well even paper and pen method is fairly easy.assuming you would use a spread sheet instead of physically writing things down. The crib is large enough that it you can see patterns very fast. Obviously if you are not familiar with ciphers this would be more difficult. No matter what people rely on tools to solve ciphers. Unless you really want to write stuff down but then the odds of a simple error being made go up drastically. I can show you the pen paper method if you wish. :)
Pen and paper without the aid of a crib I think would be impossible (or at least take forever). Once you have the crib lined up (there's only one spot that makes sense for it to line up) you can then start to use logic to work out how the key square must be - I did that all on paper and it was pretty challenging / fun.
@antichrist65535 You could use several attacking methods if the easier solution failed to yield results. frequency analysis is a good example. Its is more difficult with a play fair cipher but can still be achieved. Also you would not need to guess the correct keyword to see patterns arise.
congrats on solving none the less. You should be extremely proud if this was your first stab at a play fair cipher. It is not know to be easy historically anyways.
I think I can decipher it, but I didn't understand what I should do with the solution :( I'm not good at speaking and listening english, and your british puts my ears in trouble... Would someone be so kind to explain me?
I like the encryption used by two prisoners back in the eighties (maybe earlier) that was based on capitalized and normal letters in stead of the words themselves. Don't know precisely how it goes but I bet you're familiar with it. I saw it in a documentary once. If you know of this could you do a video about that encryption algorithm? They had the top FBI agents working on it but couldn't crack it for quite some time.
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rtwvidz 1 day ago
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rtwvidz 1 day ago
arrgh. March is never going to get here.
HaslamCorp 4 days ago
Is it transposition?
finster796 5 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
So what i have to do in this? I didn't understand. =(
finster796 5 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Hi James, can you tell me how many entieis are already? And how many are correct? Just curious
BJrockk 6 days ago
this didn't appear in my feed. i am very annoyed, i don't think there's anyone on youtube who i look forward to videos from more than you :(
tisMrJoo 6 days ago
@tisMrJoo That might explain the lower than normal views. And thanks!
singingbanana 6 days ago
So close!!!!
MrTobi48 1 week ago
i tried, but i am no code breaker. just came out with some random letters. damn!!!
JAJOCES 1 week ago
I came across your page from the numberphile channel. I've watched some of your videos and they're great! I killed a few hours over this code though, but no luck!
8JSimo 1 week ago
@8JSimo yay, I did it! :D
8JSimo 1 week ago
I encoded extra large french fries in the way i thought he would have done (using the playfair cipher technique) but i cant find it anywhere in the code. anyone know what i should do or did wrong?
TheJediGorilla 2 weeks ago
@TheJediGorilla obviously u didnt have the same key
geeta172 1 week ago
Looks like ROT13 isn't going to work...
maurerpe 2 weeks ago
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@palmomki One way would be to get a computer to decrypt the message using each word in a big wordlist, then look for common English words in the decrypted text. For example: "the" "of" "it" "and" "is". If there's a few, you can add the decrypted message to a list. Once it's finished processing (this will only take a few seconds), just look at the list to see if there's a nice readable message on it. The disadvantage with this method is that it will only work if the key is a single real word.
RobsonYay 2 weeks ago
@RobsonYay I see... And if you're unlucky there will be no "it", "is" or "of" repeated enough to look for the solution, and many codes will be basically undecryptable, unless you find the key
palmomki 2 weeks ago
@palmomki Almost all sentences contain a few common words (the, be, to, of, and, in, that, have, it, for, not, on, with, you, all, if, etc), so you would get the computer to add up the occurrences of each word, then total all of those together. If there's a reasonable amount, then the message is a candidate.
To make your message a bit more secure, you could miss out common words and misspell words, because that would make it harder for a computer to know that it's found the right answer.
RobsonYay 2 weeks ago
@RobsonYay yes the implementation of stenography is a great encryption tool.
gtq838 2 weeks ago
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RobsonYay 2 weeks ago
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RobsonYay 2 weeks ago
what kind of code is this
THEMOMASTER 2 weeks ago
thumbs up if you found the answer
cardmagicperson 2 weeks ago
the answer is : cheese!
GeckooGuy 2 weeks ago
Done....12 hours straight up!! The first code I've EVER solved.... got to know a lot about different kinda codes...THANKS....spent the first few hours tryin to research wat kinda code it is....loved the challenge!!
P.S - I love french fries
geeta172 3 weeks ago
easy solve... next time don't include the crib so that people can work a little at it before solving it. Even without the crib a dictionary attack opens the door in less than five minutes. Maybe make the keyword something that would not show in a dictionary attack...
Then again I'm sure you wanted people to solve it. No need to create an enigma out of it :)
gtq838 3 weeks ago
@gtq838 Oh, shut Uuup!!!
:P
geeta172 3 weeks ago
@gtq838
I thought this was a great challenge. The whole puzzle could be solved only on pen and paper. If your going to rely on tools and programs to help you out I wouldn't say that's an 'easy solve'.
antichrist65535 2 weeks ago
@antichrist65535 well even paper and pen method is fairly easy.assuming you would use a spread sheet instead of physically writing things down. The crib is large enough that it you can see patterns very fast. Obviously if you are not familiar with ciphers this would be more difficult. No matter what people rely on tools to solve ciphers. Unless you really want to write stuff down but then the odds of a simple error being made go up drastically. I can show you the pen paper method if you wish. :)
gtq838 2 weeks ago
@gtq838
Pen and paper without the aid of a crib I think would be impossible (or at least take forever). Once you have the crib lined up (there's only one spot that makes sense for it to line up) you can then start to use logic to work out how the key square must be - I did that all on paper and it was pretty challenging / fun.
antichrist65535 2 weeks ago
@antichrist65535 You could use several attacking methods if the easier solution failed to yield results. frequency analysis is a good example. Its is more difficult with a play fair cipher but can still be achieved. Also you would not need to guess the correct keyword to see patterns arise.
congrats on solving none the less. You should be extremely proud if this was your first stab at a play fair cipher. It is not know to be easy historically anyways.
gtq838 2 weeks ago
@antichrist65535 solved it lyk u did...first time at it....really dont knw of any other way...was great fun!
geeta172 1 week ago
@geeta172 so you do use the playfair cipher?
rotflmaopmpqxyz 1 week ago
I love the way you say - 'coooooode'
siddharthjoshi91 3 weeks ago 2
Hello Palmomki, you should email your answers (in English) to enigma@maths.org. Good luck and have fun!
sl2357 3 weeks ago
I think I can decipher it, but I didn't understand what I should do with the solution :( I'm not good at speaking and listening english, and your british puts my ears in trouble... Would someone be so kind to explain me?
palmomki 3 weeks ago
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Hello Palmomki, you should email your answers (in English) to enigma@maths.org. Good luck and have fun!
sl2357 3 weeks ago
Jk Jk....DO THE WORK YOURSELVES!!!! ;)
wh1t3bo111 3 weeks ago
I figured it out! :D HMU for the answer >:)
wh1t3bo111 3 weeks ago
just 666 views....great were all going to die
ADizezedCrow 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Now isn't that interesting: 666 views.
experiment117 3 weeks ago 2
Thank you for the challenge!
Rudelnudel 3 weeks ago
I like the encryption used by two prisoners back in the eighties (maybe earlier) that was based on capitalized and normal letters in stead of the words themselves. Don't know precisely how it goes but I bet you're familiar with it. I saw it in a documentary once. If you know of this could you do a video about that encryption algorithm? They had the top FBI agents working on it but couldn't crack it for quite some time.
FHomeBrew 3 weeks ago
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nicholishere 3 weeks ago
crib: "EXTRA LARGE FRENCH FRIES"
Roshkin 3 weeks ago
Worked it out ^___^ just mailed off my solution.
antichrist65535 3 weeks ago
@antichrist65535 please tell me
THEMOMASTER 2 weeks ago
MUWHAHAHAHA broken I say
N3m0n0m3N 3 weeks ago
I found the answer! sending now through mail:D
N3m0n0m3N 3 weeks ago
Hot on the tail >:) going to bed but should have it solved in the morning (or arvo =/)
antichrist65535 3 weeks ago
VA BT LS EG OT XK PB BH CI FV GA YC QG BP UW IH QD OE DI HL CQ YC QG BP EI LZ GA GB IZ PS AZ DQ NI CY UY EA AI UA BF BV OV QA ZS DP QD PG QM PS WL QY DH BD TL VZ PL LW AH GZ BP IM NI KP DZ QU DH FP CI FV RT SB BP BV XO BE BQ PG KO GE IK KO NA OS DG DG DA OX PO GE LZ GA OP FL WU PU UT WF BV IC HF EQ SP NA UX DC BV come on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
minecraft3329 3 weeks ago
So.. I'm not trying to solve this problem, therefore I don't really care.
But this might help you (Don't know whether I'm right or not, but pretty sure)
The code is created by the enigma machine. Google it. There are tons of information ;)
Swatty1337 3 weeks ago
Could YOU sign it as well for the winner? :P .. I might actually give this a try if so (although I've never done anything like this before, so...)
Lightn0x 3 weeks ago 31
Why don't you sign it too James? for me you're famous.
coolguty 3 weeks ago 47
i know what ill be doing for the next month.....
morethanthesun52 3 weeks ago
Looks like fun!
diamondlancer 3 weeks ago
you are one of the few sympathic mathaticians i know :)
TheRolemodel1337 3 weeks ago
@singingbanana: is the formatting of the ciphertext intentional or does it not have any relevance?
Phant0mads 3 weeks ago
good luck to everyone watching this! it does seem challenging.
Phant0mads 3 weeks ago
im not smart enough for these :(
josephpollak19 3 weeks ago
fourth :D
JonathonMcStrudel 3 weeks ago
2nd
March1997GTX495 3 weeks ago
2nd.
JuicyWubby 3 weeks ago
Hmm Tricky one :D
samjhunt1996 3 weeks ago