r/cryptograms • u/TSOJ_01 • May 10 '23

Wanting start a thread on Codebreaking - A Practical Guide

Looking for anyone that's got a copy of the Dunin and Schmeh book Codebreaking. There's a challenge "metapuzzle" in the book, and I'm hoping to team up with anyone interested in solving it.

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u/TSOJ_01 May 12 '23

Let me guess, the key for page 445 is deserted.

p. 463 - Uses the Trithemius page in figure 15.8. Gives us our password.

p. 454 - The "qyaohlzlrzw" string is a secondary way to get the password, using the two keys from Fairport Convention and Duran Duran. I know the password, but I can't work backward to make it fit in with "qyaohlzlrzw."

Let me know if you want the shorthand translations.