You're right, it looks like my scheme is equivalent to a Vignère cypher with "AB... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

Analemma_ on Aug 1, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cracking the Adventure Time cipher

You're right, it looks like my scheme is equivalent to a Vignère cypher with "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" as the key, with the weaknesses thereof. Thanks!

bdr on Aug 1, 2016 [–]

You might be interested to read "Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution", a 1939 (!) book by Helen Fouché Gaines. It covers a lot of these kinds of variants.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact