In this episode we talk about the Vigenère cipher with Dan. Many things about the Vigenère cipher - including it's name - have been misattributed - find out why. The story also resolves last week's mystery and follow the trail of clues. And Dan makes a new segment without host permission. Barnabas seems to think that he's loosing control of the show.
Links:
Cryptanalytic methods:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher#Friedman_test
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasiski_examination
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher#Key_elimination
Crypto Corner encoding/decoding:
- https://crypto.interactive-maths.com/vigenegravere-cipher.html#act
- https://crypto.interactive-maths.com/kasiski-analysis-breaking-the-code.html#act
The background music in this episode, as always, is by Bio Unit, ComaStudio and Ketsa, and our theme is "Mosquito" by Caspar Babypants.
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