is there any decrpting algo that uses a dictionary or spell check to decrypt an encrypted file???
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well I have been working on an assigment and it states:: A program has to be developed, and coded in C language, to decipher a document written in Italian that is encoded using a secret key. The secret key is obtained as random permutation of all the uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and blank space. As an example, let us consider the following two strings: Plain: “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXWYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 ” Code: “BZJ9y0KePWopxYkQlRjhzsaNTFAtM7H6S24fC5mcIgXbnLOq8Uid 3EDv1ruVGw” The secret key modifies only letters, numbers, and spaces of the original document, while the remaining characters are left unchanged. The document is stored in a text file whose length is unknown. The program has to read the document, find the secret key (which by definition is unknown; the above table is just an example and it is not the key used for preparing the sample files available on the web course) using a suitable decoding algorithm, and write the decoded document to a new text file. And I know that I have to upload an English dictionary into the program but I don't why it has been asked.(may be not in that statement but I have to dO THAT). My question is , while I can do that program using simple encryption/decryption algorithm then what's the use of uploading the english dictionary in our program? So is there any decryption algorithm that uses a dictionary to decrypt an encrypted file? or can somebody tell me what approach or algorithm should I use to solve that problem??? An early reply (and also authentic one) will be highly appreciated from you. Thank you guys.
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well I have been working on an assigment and it states:: A program has to be developed, and coded in C language, to decipher a document written in Italian that is encoded using a secret key. The secret key is obtained as random permutation of all the uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and blank space. As an example, let us consider the following two strings: Plain: “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXWYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 ” Code: “BZJ9y0KePWopxYkQlRjhzsaNTFAtM7H6S24fC5mcIgXbnLOq8Uid 3EDv1ruVGw” The secret key modifies only letters, numbers, and spaces of the original document, while the remaining characters are left unchanged. The document is stored in a text file whose length is unknown. The program has to read the document, find the secret key (which by definition is unknown; the above table is just an example and it is not the key used for preparing the sample files available on the web course) using a suitable decoding algorithm, and write the decoded document to a new text file. And I know that I have to upload an English dictionary into the program but I don't why it has been asked.(may be not in that statement but I have to dO THAT). My question is , while I can do that program using simple encryption/decryption algorithm then what's the use of uploading the english dictionary in our program? So is there any decryption algorithm that uses a dictionary to decrypt an encrypted file? or can somebody tell me what approach or algorithm should I use to solve that problem??? An early reply (and also authentic one) will be highly appreciated from you. Thank you guys.
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well I have been working on an assigment and it states:: A program has to be developed, and coded in C language, to decipher a document written in Italian that is encoded using a secret key. The secret key is obtained as random permutation of all the uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and blank space. As an example, let us consider the following two strings: Plain: “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXWYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 ” Code: “BZJ9y0KePWopxYkQlRjhzsaNTFAtM7H6S24fC5mcIgXbnLOq8Uid 3EDv1ruVGw” The secret key modifies only letters, numbers, and spaces of the original document, while the remaining characters are left unchanged. The document is stored in a text file whose length is unknown. The program has to read the document, find the secret key (which by definition is unknown; the above table is just an example and it is not the key used for preparing the sample files available on the web course) using a suitable decoding algorithm, and write the decoded document to a new text file. And I know that I have to upload an English dictionary into the program but I don't why it has been asked.(may be not in that statement but I have to dO THAT). My question is , while I can do that program using simple encryption/decryption algorithm then what's the use of uploading the english dictionary in our program? So is there any decryption algorithm that uses a dictionary to decrypt an encrypted file? or can somebody tell me what approach or algorithm should I use to solve that problem??? An early reply (and also authentic one) will be highly appreciated from you. Thank you guys.
stop re-posting - what was wrong with the entry below ?
Ha lee wrote:
what's the use of uploading the english dictionary in our program?
possibly so you can count the frequency of letters which may help you figure out the secret key - except, as you state, the text is in Italian .. so Im not sure what good an English dictionary would be. Maybe, Commonest English Words -> Letter Frequencies has some mapping to Italian, but even with my limited Italian, it doesnt gell .. Maybe Carlo (Pallini) if he's watching may have a comment on that Either way, please be patient when you're posting questions - dont repost becuase you dont get a reply in 5 minutes - most of us here have jobs to hold down !!