+ results = starmap(worker, [(sanitised_message, i, fitness)
+ for i in range(1, max_key_length+1)])
+ return max(results, key=lambda k: k[1])
+
+
+def beaufort_variant_frequency_break(message, max_key_length=20, fitness=Pletters):
+ """Breaks a Beaufort cipher with frequency analysis
+
+ >>> beaufort_variant_frequency_break(beaufort_variant_encipher(sanitise("It is time to " \
+ "run. She is ready and so am I. I stole Daniel's pocketbook this " \
+ "afternoon when he left his jacket hanging on the easel in the " \
+ "attic. I jump every time I hear a footstep on the stairs, " \
+ "certain that the theft has been discovered and that I will " \
+ "be caught. The SS officer visits less often now " \
+ "that he is sure"), 'florence')) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+ ('florence', -307.5473096791...)
+ """
+ def worker(message, key_length, fitness):
+ splits = every_nth(sanitised_message, key_length)
+ key = cat([unpos(-caesar_break(s)[0]) for s in splits])
+ plaintext = beaufort_variant_decipher(message, key)
+ fit = fitness(plaintext)
+ return key, fit
+ sanitised_message = sanitise(message)
+ results = starmap(worker, [(sanitised_message, i, fitness)
+ for i in range(1, max_key_length+1)])
+ return max(results, key=lambda k: k[1])
+
+def polybius_break_mp(message, column_labels, row_labels,
+ letters_to_merge=None,
+ wordlist=keywords, fitness=Pletters,
+ number_of_solutions=1, chunksize=500):
+ """Breaks a Polybius substitution cipher using a dictionary and
+ frequency analysis
+
+ >>> polybius_break_mp(polybius_encipher('this is a test message for the ' \
+ 'polybius decipherment', 'elephant', 'abcde', 'abcde'), \
+ 'abcde', 'abcde', \
+ wordlist=['cat', 'elephant', 'kangaroo']) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+ (('elephant', <KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_a: 1>, 'abcde', 'abcde', False), \
+ -54.53880...)
+ >>> polybius_break_mp(polybius_encipher('this is a test message for the ' \
+ 'polybius decipherment', 'elephant', 'abcde', 'abcde', column_first=True), \
+ 'abcde', 'abcde', \
+ wordlist=['cat', 'elephant', 'kangaroo']) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+ (('elephant', <KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_a: 1>, 'abcde', 'abcde', True), \
+ -54.53880...)
+ >>> polybius_break_mp(polybius_encipher('this is a test message for the ' \
+ 'polybius decipherment', 'elephant', 'abcde', 'abcde', column_first=False), \
+ 'abcde', 'abcde', \
+ wordlist=['cat', 'elephant', 'kangaroo']) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+ (('elephant', <KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_a: 1>, 'abcde', 'abcde', False), \
+ -54.53880...)
+ >>> polybius_break_mp(polybius_encipher('this is a test message for the ' \
+ 'polybius decipherment', 'elephant', 'abcde', 'pqrst', column_first=True), \
+ 'abcde', 'pqrst', \
+ wordlist=['cat', 'elephant', 'kangaroo']) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+ (('elephant', <KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_a: 1>, 'abcde', 'pqrst', True), \
+ -54.53880...)
+ """
+ if letters_to_merge is None:
+ letters_to_merge = {'j': 'i'}
+ with Pool() as pool:
+ helper_args = [(message, word, wrap,
+ column_labels, row_labels, column_first,
+ letters_to_merge,
+ fitness)
+ for word in wordlist
+ for wrap in KeywordWrapAlphabet
+ for column_first in [False, True]]
+ # Gotcha: the helper function here needs to be defined at the top level
+ # (limitation of Pool.starmap)
+ breaks = pool.starmap(polybius_break_worker, helper_args, chunksize)
+ if number_of_solutions == 1:
+ return max(breaks, key=lambda k: k[1])
+ else:
+ return sorted(breaks, key=lambda k: k[1], reverse=True)[:number_of_solutions]
+
+def polybius_break_worker(message, keyword, wrap_alphabet,
+ column_order, row_order, column_first,
+ letters_to_merge,
+ fitness):
+ plaintext = polybius_decipher(message, keyword,
+ column_order, row_order,
+ column_first=column_first,
+ letters_to_merge=letters_to_merge,
+ wrap_alphabet=wrap_alphabet)
+ if plaintext:
+ fit = fitness(plaintext)
+ else:
+ fit = float('-inf')
+ logger.debug('Polybius break attempt using key {0} (wrap={1}, merging {2}), '
+ 'columns as {3}, rows as {4} (column_first={5}) '
+ 'gives fit of {6} and decrypt starting: '
+ '{7}'.format(keyword, wrap_alphabet, letters_to_merge,
+ column_order, row_order, column_first,
+ fit, sanitise(plaintext)[:50]))
+ return (keyword, wrap_alphabet, column_order, row_order, column_first), fit
+
+
+def column_transposition_break_mp(message, translist=transpositions,
+ fitness=Pbigrams, chunksize=500):
+ """Breaks a column transposition cipher using a dictionary and
+ n-gram frequency analysis
+
+ >>> column_transposition_break_mp(column_transposition_encipher(sanitise( \
+ "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in \
+ possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However \
+ little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his \
+ first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in \
+ the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the \
+ rightful property of some one or other of their daughters."), \
+ 'encipher'), \
+ translist={(2, 0, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6): ['encipher'], \
+ (5, 0, 6, 1, 3, 4, 2): ['fourteen'], \
+ (6, 1, 0, 4, 5, 3, 2): ['keyword']}) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+ (((2, 0, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6), False, False), -709.4646722...)
+ >>> column_transposition_break_mp(column_transposition_encipher(sanitise( \
+ "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in \
+ possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However \
+ little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his \
+ first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in \
+ the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the \
+ rightful property of some one or other of their daughters."), \
+ 'encipher'), \
+ translist={(2, 0, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6): ['encipher'], \
+ (5, 0, 6, 1, 3, 4, 2): ['fourteen'], \
+ (6, 1, 0, 4, 5, 3, 2): ['keyword']}, \
+ fitness=Ptrigrams) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+ (((2, 0, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6), False, False), -997.0129085...)
+ """
+ with Pool() as pool:
+ helper_args = [(message, trans, fillcolumnwise, emptycolumnwise,
+ fitness)
+ for trans in translist
+ for fillcolumnwise in [True, False]
+ for emptycolumnwise in [True, False]]
+ # Gotcha: the helper function here needs to be defined at the top level
+ # (limitation of Pool.starmap)
+ breaks = pool.starmap(column_transposition_break_worker,
+ helper_args, chunksize)
+ return max(breaks, key=lambda k: k[1])
+column_transposition_break = column_transposition_break_mp
+
+def column_transposition_break_worker(message, transposition,
+ fillcolumnwise, emptycolumnwise, fitness):
+ plaintext = column_transposition_decipher(message, transposition,
+ fillcolumnwise=fillcolumnwise, emptycolumnwise=emptycolumnwise)
+ fit = fitness(sanitise(plaintext))
+ logger.debug('Column transposition break attempt using key {0} '
+ 'gives fit of {1} and decrypt starting: {2}'.format(
+ transposition, fit,
+ sanitise(plaintext)[:50]))
+ return (transposition, fillcolumnwise, emptycolumnwise), fit
+
+
+def scytale_break_mp(message, max_key_length=20,
+ fitness=Pbigrams, chunksize=500):
+ """Breaks a scytale cipher using a range of lengths and
+ n-gram frequency analysis
+
+ >>> scytale_break_mp(scytale_encipher(sanitise( \
+ "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in \
+ possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However \
+ little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his \
+ first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in \
+ the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the \
+ rightful property of some one or other of their daughters."), \
+ 5)) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+ (5, -709.4646722...)
+ >>> scytale_break_mp(scytale_encipher(sanitise( \
+ "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in \
+ possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However \
+ little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his \
+ first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in \
+ the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the \
+ rightful property of some one or other of their daughters."), \
+ 5), \
+ fitness=Ptrigrams) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+ (5, -997.0129085...)
+ """
+ with Pool() as pool:
+ helper_args = [(message, trans, False, True, fitness)
+ for trans in
+ [[col for col in range(math.ceil(len(message)/rows))]
+ for rows in range(1,max_key_length+1)]]
+ # Gotcha: the helper function here needs to be defined at the top level
+ # (limitation of Pool.starmap)
+ breaks = pool.starmap(column_transposition_break_worker,
+ helper_args, chunksize)
+ best = max(breaks, key=lambda k: k[1])
+ return math.trunc(len(message) / len(best[0][0])), best[1]
+scytale_break = scytale_break_mp
+
+
+def railfence_break(message, max_key_length=20,
+ fitness=Pletters, chunksize=500):
+ """Breaks a hill cipher using a matrix of given rank and letter frequencies
+
+
+ """
+
+ sanitised_message = sanitise(message)
+ results = starmap(worker, [(sanitised_message, i, fitness)
+ for i in range(2, max_key_length+1)])
+ return max(results, key=lambda k: k[1])