The expert cryptanalyst and the Sunday-puzzle expert alike rely on the fact that letters have their own personalities. As David Kahn writes: “To the casual observer, they may look as alike as troops ...
An encryption table for the Bellaso / Della Porta cipher, invented in Italy in 1553. Only ten rows are shown, as wx / yz were not in the key. An encryption table for the Bellaso / Della Porta cipher, ...