Hello, thank you for viewing my project.
This project involves breaking a cipher text.
You dont know much about the text itself. Only that the person who encrypted it may have employed a WW2-vintage German enigma decice. Whether this is a true German enigma, or a copy is unknown. The inner workings of the device are also unknown. If it is an enigma, then the code book is of vital importance for deciphering.
You are also given the following clues:
the uneven grouping of letters might possibly be a simple transposition cipher, possibly a Nihilist cipher of some kind. The 15 groups of 4 letters is suspected to be either Enigma, or a polygraphic transposition cipher such as Playfair.
You should not rule out the presence of a third cipher.
The start of the transmission contained Russian plaintext
which has been translated:
(<[login to view URL]>)
The challenge is to create a program that is able to solve this cipher. A successful program will reveal the hidden message within the text. The main portion of this project is to create the deciphering algorithms that will work with other input (basically dont make a program that only solves JUST this cipher). ** NO OTHER HINTS ARE KNOWN **
Thanks for viewing!
## Deliverables
1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done.
2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables):
a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment.
b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request.
3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement).
4) Successfully reveal the hidden message within the text. Must be confirmed by me before being accepted.
## Platform
Windows 2000
VB/C++/C/JAVA