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Automatically solve a Periodic Substitution Cipher
"""Automatically solve a Periodic Substitution Cipher"""
import random
import string
import lantern
from lantern import fitness
from lantern.analysis.search import hill_climb
from lantern.modules import simplesubstitution, vigenere
from lantern.structures import Decryption
from lantern.util import split_columns, combine_columns
ciphertext = 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# IMPORTANT: If you can confidently make this number smaller, do it.
# It will greatly improve your chances of finding the correct period.
max_number_of_keys = 8
for period in vigenere.key_periods(ciphertext, max_number_of_keys):
print("Attempting period " + str(period))
ciphertexts = split_columns(ciphertext, period)
# The more keys you have the more trials and swaps you need to run.
# Randomness becomes less of a friend the more keys you have.
ntrials = 5
nswaps = 6000 # Could add * period
def inner_climb_next_node(keys):
"""Swap letters in each key, combine texts then score together using quadgrams"""
for key in keys:
a, b = random.sample(range(26), 2)
key[a], key[b] = key[b], key[a]
plaintexts = [simplesubstitution.decrypt(key, ciphertext) for key, ciphertext in zip(keys, ciphertexts)]
plaintext = combine_columns(plaintexts)
score = lantern.score(plaintext, fitness.english.quadgrams)
return keys, score, Decryption(plaintext, ''.join(item for sublist in keys for item in sublist), score)
def outer_climb_next_node(keys):
"""Repeat the hill climb at different starting positions"""
[random.shuffle(key) for key in keys]
keys, best_score, outputs = hill_climb(nswaps, keys, inner_climb_next_node)
print(outputs[-1]) # To provide intermediate progress
return keys, best_score, outputs[-1]
keys = [list(string.ascii_uppercase) for _ in range(period)]
_, _, decryption = hill_climb(ntrials, keys, outer_climb_next_node)
print("Best decryption for period " + str(period))
print(decryption[0])
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