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Originally Posted by vorblesnak
I have gotten tired of making telescopes, at least for awhile, and looking about for something to exercise my mind I stumbled across cryptography. The old stuff, pencil and paper, not secure internet correspondance. Though it could be I suppose.
Anyway, question! The hitch in the substitution ciphers and the Vigenere ciphers seems to be associated with language structure, spelling etc. If I used a computer to limit the letter frequencies and used 'yoda speak' to compose the message, could I do a pencil code that could not be cracked?
What would be the minimum length of enciphered data that could be cracked?
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If you're planning on using a key of finite length (not the
Phantomwolf mentioned), I would bet that a message ten times the length of the key would be easy to break. Years ago, a few people took me up on the challenge--piece of cake.
