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What is this Cipher called?

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(edited 7 years ago)
Reply 1
We can't exactly tell immediatley, it looks to me like all that has happened is they've removed all spaces and punctuation then broken it into 5 letter blocks so that it's easy to read. Have you done any frequency analysis on the cipher yet? That should tell you that its definatley not a ceaser shift cipher.
Reply 2
Ah, I'd forgotten about the Cipher Challenge! Great stuff! :biggrin:
Make sure you don't try to get any help with the actual competition here.
Reply 4
Original post by Sokka
Obviously not, it spoils all the problem solving fun if I can any help...

SO much easier to do freq analysis on pc than paper, on pc you just ctrl+f the letter and count instances. On paper..
Reply 5
I knew nazis would pop up somewhere...
Original post by Thrug
I knew nazis would pop up somewhere...


Godwin's Law.
Reply 7
Original post by Sokka
I didn't say I did it on paper. All I said is that I won't be trying to get help online because it will ruin the problem solving fun. As for how I calculated the frequencies, I simply typed "frequency analysis online" and found a website where I inserted the encrypted message and got the frequencies of each letter :smile:


Nononono I'm saying that if you've ever had to do it on paper, you'd know it takes forever :tongue:
Reply 8
Original post by Sokka
Hey, does anyone know what this type of cipher is called?

E.G.
BWSOE KBJEQ KQFGG YKUJK QQKEK PUQBA FSNRN KHEKN TKJQA SQYKU ASVFS GNFST YEKJF
AFOSB TQASQ YKUHF JQBKJ FTOKH FQABJ ESPKU QSEFN HSJPU YBJES QBIDF QKJSO AKNQO
KGFJQ SJTPF RKNFA FASTR BJBOA FTOLF SDBJE YKUWF NFKUQ BJQAF ASNPK UNPKK DBJEL
SOOSE FRKNQ AFISJ SNBFO BSHEU FOOBJ ERNKH QAFBJ QFGBJ QAFSQ QSIAF TQASQ YKUWB
GGFJT ULBJP KHPSY OKBSH OFJTB JESIK LYKRQ ABOQK QAFIS JSNBF OSJTK JFQKQ AFUOJ
SVSGS QQSIA FBJPK HPSYB EKQSL NFQQY RNSJQ BIQFG FENSH RNKHD AKGBA FASOE KQIGK
OFQKI FNQSB JHFHP FNOKR QAFAF STKRQ AFIUG QSJTB OBJIK JQSIQ WBQAQ AFJSZ BOYHL
SQABO FNOOK RSNAF DJKWO QASQQ AFJSZ BOSNF PUBGT BJESJ STVSJ IFTQF IAJKG KEBIS
GTFVB IFWAB IAWBG GUOFQ AFQWK TBSHK JTOPU QJKKJ FOFFH OQKDJ KWWAS QBQTK FOBHH
KNFQA SJSGB QQGFW KNNBF TSPKU QQABO JFWQF IAJKG KEYSO BQOPF EBJJB JEQKO KUJTQ
KHFGB DFOKH FQABJ EBOSW BJPGU FLNBJ QOPSI DBJQA FUOSJ TBQGK KDFTR SNQKK LKWFN
RUGQK PFCUO QSJFW QYLFK RRGSO AGBEA QBWSO AFSTB JEKUQ QKBJT BSHYO FGRBJ SRFWT
SYODA KGBJF FTOOK HFKJF QKWSQ IAABO PSIDQ AKUEA BQSLL FSNOR NKHQA FHFOO SEFWF
BJQFN IFLQF TPFGK WQASQ WFHSY PFQKK GSQFB ASVFK QAFNS EFJQO IKHPB JEUQQ SNLNS
TFOAP UQJKJ FWOYF QWASQ FVFNA SLLFJ OOQSY OSRFP YQAFW SYQAF SQQSI AFTEF NHSJI
BLAFN WSOFX QNSAS NTQKI NSIDB JHKNF WSYOQ ASJKJ FBQQK KDHFS WABGF QKRBE UNFBQ
KUQPU QQAFJ BNFHF HPFNF TOKHF QABJE BTBOI UOOFT WBQAC SIDWK GRFSL NKRFO OKNRN
KHPNK KDGYJ QAFJS ZBOUO FTQKL STSGK QKRQA FBNHF OOSEF OWBQA QAFGF QQFNX QKABT
FQAFR NFMUF JIBFO QAFYE KQOGK LLYSR QFNSW ABGFS JTUOF TQAFH LNFQQ YOYOQ FHSQB
ISGGY PFRKN FSJTS RQFNS GGJUH PFNOL NKLFN JSHFO LGSIF JSHFO OFJQF JIFOW BQABJ
SPPNF VBSQB KJOKJ IFBRB EUNFT KUQQA SQWSO QAFNF BQWSO LNFQQ YFSOY QKOQN BLBQK
UQSJT INSID QAFIB LAFNE KKTGU IDIAS NGBFP FISNF RUGAS NNY

basically all the words are the same length, it definitely isn't a Caesar Cipher lol :tongue:

Thanks!


Looks like the simple substitution cipher

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