Experiment #9
Method of reversing the transposition: Gridding K4 (-kryptos) into a 9×10 grid and then taking diagonals. It’s a form of route transposition.
Transposed text:
UKHTZUDTXAKIMTUSZAZJE
LWZWFCKBRTWIPDCOSVQA
NKIABOQSTFWGRULQJJBGK
OIPQKNDXFRSLVOBNSUGBGE
HWKUFL
Playfair cipher: no keyword, kryptos, hydra, lhydra, medusa
PEISUPYOVCIHORTRVEYKA
PVYVGEHWMRYKOCBNTQLC
LIHEALTRSGVBMQPTFGDFI
IDLUHPCYGQQNYLCMRTBWKB
GXEPAF
then
IUCZXZHKWBUDQYVOWCUQS
EVXMAOTSPYZNKHOCOZLB
MUDSACICRAMEPVINQNODP
KDTNPIGUEYREUSPGOVBPFD
FZUIEM
then
VIAOXZAQZRINNSXOTZUND
EVXXEYCFHQZKOYETQWPZ
GINHGTPQSEXFAWIOLBHCN
IBOPIMRWRXQMUPGIOXFGFC
DUIVEM
then
WGRPXZRSUEIGNSXOUFVNA
DVXZCYCFHQZBIYETQWPF
GIGFATPQSCZNLOUPKBHNI
PGOPIMXSRZODUPFIOXIAMA
YVGWAR
then
DLNOYSSQVCIHSODUVGWNU
IVYYBDCFPPZBIXDTMXOG
HIHGATPZNBYFTYFPKBECN
PHOPILXQULUNOHGIUDFABS
IVLDUF
Bifid cipher: no keyword, kryptos, hydra, lhydra, medusa
QWHYILTSYYRVERRRYMDEH
VIQMIRTQWRMWZCDWYHUD
VMEXHVYZHGADMIXCFUFST
VGHSOXDUBMLRRMVERCEBMP
IZGQCA
then
VPRKGZRVUZWYHYYXULCDP
RNTNDPUVPABUUSDXUIPG
CIOXGWUZGFFOVRRBLTSRU
VGNPRLHKAXSPABWSMZCFII
TKMYBE
then
VHMBRDSXXZVRALPZUSAUL
EMDLOQUVHPTWVRUWUMYF
LLKWNUWZMCSBFMFEDAPSU
VILASFAICGPHPTVEOIAWLV
NBKRDW
then
VHMGDCSXXZVRRQQUUTFLG
GMCKPQVVHQOWWELWVMBE
QYYWNUXZMBZANMMAARVSU
VIKFSEROCGPHQOVEOIFYKW
NGIFAL
then
EPLHLDOZYZERSIPZYLAUK
LLCDEQWEPEZXXFMXWLBU
CKQXGVXZCBRFLHNCFTORV
WBKGOGMLBNPEEZVEQHGEKX
HLIFCU
Four-square cipher: no keywords, kryptos-kryptos, kryptos-hydra, kryptos-medusa, hydra-medusa
U K I S Z U D T V C I K O R S U V E Y K A P Z W V G E H B R
R Y K O C D N T V Q C L I K B A L T T S G V G R Q P T F G D
K G O I L U H P C Y G Q Q N Y L C M U S G B K B G X K U F L
then
V A P E V Z P A X I A Q U C W F X K V U M R Z X X N F E G D
C Z T A P F G F Z R I S A Q I H K Q K B N X M D W Q Q U T F
L D F Q E T D Q O V M C G R V G I T F W O I M O N Z A V M S
then
W L P U V Z P Q Z D A L U S Y Q Z E V P N M Z X Y H G P I D
C Z R Q M F I Q X R K N A L F H H Q K R N X O D X L Q P Q F
M O F L C T E L O V O C H M V R K O F W L I N I N Z A V N N
then
X L P U Y E P Q V I B L U S Z A V K W P O M Z X Y H H P I T
B Z R Q N F K A X R K N B L G H H Q K R M X O T Y L R P R F
N O G L C T E L N V O S I M V R K O I B M I M D M Z D A O N
then
X L E Q Y E E S V I M M P T Z A V K W P I N Z X Y H H M I Q
R Z M Q C H U A X R E P M M B K S Q U T G Y I U Y L R N M F
H P R L S R P M C X I T T O V R K L T D G K G E B V O B I O
Nothing.
