University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science
CS588: Cryptology - Principles and Applications, Spring 2005

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Challenge 1: Jefferson Wheel Ciphertext

Jefferson Wheel Cipher

Decrypt the message in http://www.cs.virginia.edu/cs588/challenges/jeffersonwheel/ciphertext which was encoded using a Jefferson wheel cipher with 26 wheels.

The message was encrypted by taking groups of 26 letters, turning the wheels to align the plaintext, and then selecting a random row along the wheels as the ciphertext.

The value of a satisfactory solution to this challenge is 100 points (one problem set).

Solving the 2001 Jefferson Wheel Challenge (by Geoff Stoker)

Note: you are free to use this information (as well as the linked code) in any way you wish.


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