- best_key = 0
- best_fit = float("inf")
- ngram_length = len(next(iter(target_counts.keys())))
- for key in range(1, 20):
- if len(message) % key == 0:
- plaintext = scytale_decipher(message, key)
- counts = message_frequency_scaling(frequencies(
- ngrams(sanitise(plaintext), ngram_length)))
- fit = metric(target_counts, counts)
- logger.debug('Scytale break attempt using key {0} gives fit of '
- '{1} and decrypt starting: {2}'.format(key,
- fit, sanitise(plaintext)[:50]))
- if fit < best_fit:
- best_fit = fit
- best_key = key
- logger.info('Scytale break best fit with key {0} gives fit of {1} and '
- 'decrypt starting: {2}'.format(best_key, best_fit,
- sanitise(scytale_decipher(message, best_key))[:50]))
- return best_key, best_fit
-
-def column_transposition_break(message,
- translist=transpositions,
- metric=norms.euclidean_distance,
- target_counts=normalised_english_bigram_counts,
- message_frequency_scaling=norms.normalise):
- """Breaks a column transposition cipher using a dictionary and
+ with Pool() as pool:
+ helper_args = [(message, word, fitness)
+ for word in wordlist]
+ # Gotcha: the helper function here needs to be defined at the top level
+ # (limitation of Pool.starmap)
+ breaks = pool.starmap(vigenere_keyword_break_worker, helper_args,
+ chunksize)
+ return max(breaks, key=lambda k: k[1])
+vigenere_keyword_break = vigenere_keyword_break_mp
+
+def vigenere_keyword_break_worker(message, keyword, fitness):
+ plaintext = vigenere_decipher(message, keyword)
+ fit = fitness(plaintext)
+ logger.debug('Vigenere keyword break attempt using key {0} gives fit of '
+ '{1} and decrypt starting: {2}'.format(keyword,
+ fit, sanitise(plaintext)[:50]))
+ return keyword, fit
+
+
+def vigenere_frequency_break(message, max_key_length=20, fitness=Pletters):
+ """Breaks a Vigenere cipher with frequency analysis
+
+ >>> vigenere_frequency_break(vigenere_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([chr(caesar_break(s)[0] + ord('a')) for s in splits])
+ plaintext = vigenere_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 beaufort_frequency_break(message, max_key_length=20, fitness=Pletters):
+ """Breaks a Beaufort cipher with frequency analysis
+
+ >>> beaufort_frequency_break(beaufort_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([chr(-caesar_break(s)[0] % 26 + ord('a'))
+ for s in splits])
+ plaintext = beaufort_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 column_transposition_break_mp(message, translist=transpositions,
+ fitness=Pbigrams, chunksize=500):
+ """Breaks a column transposition cipher using a dictionary and