codes and ciphers - Neil's musings

Testing hillclimbing and simulated annealing

Some experiments to determine if simulated annealing is better than hillclimbing.
November 09, 2019 in #codes and ciphers #python

What simulated annealing is, and how it works.
July 08, 2019 in #codes and ciphers #python

Solving ciphers when you have no idea about the key
January 01, 2019 in #codes and ciphers #python

Using multiprocessing to break keyword ciphers quickly.
October 31, 2018 in #python #codes and ciphers

Keyword ciphers, and some extra Python features.
July 13, 2018 in #codes and ciphers #python

Cryptanalysis, just not using a programming langauge.
April 09, 2018 in #codes and ciphers

Using a spreadsheet for Caesar ciphers.
April 02, 2018 in #codes and ciphers

A new cipher: encryption, decryption, and breaking.
March 25, 2018 in #codes and ciphers #python

A computational experiement to find the best way of testing possible plaintexts when breaking ciphers.
March 24, 2018 in #codes and ciphers #python