Oct 8 Hacknight - The Vigenère Cipher

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Marc Beaupré-Pham

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Oct 8, 2013, 6:34:21 PM10/8/13
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Instructions
http://www.puzzlenode.com/puzzles/12-secret-messages

Input file


JYFWAHUHSFZPZ

CCJ AUZAY TMAPXQ TRR MMJV HICT AAD CICSN GC DVGYGLG CEB KITHEQ. BZGP PKE EYBGEWF UXMH RPYKWF RLS CBNDAAMFEV PGD SSMMTV RAI TBWLPVA QEC TNBTSCJ AP Y LPVRTR WX SPDMHRRSMGL.

Happy hacking!

Marc Beaupré-Pham

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Oct 8, 2013, 6:42:07 PM10/8/13
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If you want a really hard challenge, then you could try writing a program that performs frequency analysis to decode the following. The keyword is not given. You also don't know how long it is.

RWDCJM UM TINNLNFPJ—UOB RHZRYCOE NBJAY GJEYN UCRWI WFO TMDYUFZHH YSIVR KBF URS UFV QPPCX XMIET—QYIVJU VF SEFJKZNFB RHE RFNBJ. RFXYPM ZGVFE RF NIC YUOBJ-IO GDJFPRNJTV! UMJ ZHGMIGBRZIO QYIVJU VF DIYF. KZMUPLMU YLNIMICUW—GLPKFNF BVWFLKLBJZTBRZIO. FRWLCIM TFFOMB SY KSUAFB SS UFVCS FRWLGEA, OMK WSGKYSGR MVAY UT BVASCVM, BEV, LBAV, MFV, FL QMJCUGFH. ZML WBL TLFYKY BPK UOB SYBSKS PL R WPKGOUCI. WPKGOUCIM DYE WIYEAF WFOS JZZF DFL UFV VFRKYS.

Marc Beaupré-Pham

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Oct 8, 2013, 7:56:29 PM10/8/13
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Kework:  JYFWAHUHSFZPZ

Encrypted Test
: CCJ AUZAY TMAPXQ TRR MMJV HICT AAD CICSN GC DVGYGLG CEB KITHEQ. BZGP PKE EYBGEWF UXMH RPYKWF RLS CBNDAAMFEV PGD SSMMTV RAI TBWLPVA QEC TNBTSCJ AP Y LPVRTR WX SPDMHRRSMGL.


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