Solving a "Vigenère" ciphertext encrypted three times

Type of encryption

The encryption use a "Diana" reciprocal tabula recta.

In [1]:
alpha = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'  # global
In [2]:
def Diana(s, k):
    k = [alpha.index(c) for c in k]
    return ''.join([alpha[(25 - alpha.index(s[i]) - k[i%len(k)])%26] for i in range(len(s))])

The "Diana" reciprocal tabula recta:

In [3]:
print('    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z')
print('    ---------------------------------------------------')
for k in alpha:
    print(k, '|', ' '.join(list(Diana(alpha, k))))
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    ---------------------------------------------------
A | Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A
B | Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z
C | X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y
D | W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X
E | V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W
F | U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V
G | T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U
H | S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T
I | R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S
J | Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R
K | P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q
L | O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P
M | N M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O
N | M L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
O | L K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M
P | K J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L
Q | J I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K
R | I H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J
S | H G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I
T | G F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H
U | F E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G
V | E D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F
W | D C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E
X | C B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D
Y | B A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C
Z | A Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B

It's not really a Vigenère cipher, but rather a kind of Beaufort cipher.

In [4]:
Diana('HELLOWORLD', 'DIANA')
Out[4]:
'PNOBLADIBW'
In [5]:
Diana('PNOBLADIBW', 'DIANA')
Out[5]:
'HELLOWORLD'

$K \equiv 25 - P - key \mod{26} \Longleftrightarrow P \equiv 25 - K - key \mod{26} $

In [6]:
Diana(Diana('HELLOWORLD', 'DIANA'), 'MINERVA')
Out[6]:
'YEYUXEWFQQ'
  DIANA MINERVA
  EJBOB NJOFSWB +1
  FKCPC OKPGTXC +2
  ... etc
In [7]:
Diana(Diana('HELLOWORLD', 'EJBOB'), 'NJOFSWB')
Out[7]:
'YEYUXEWFQQ'
In [8]:
Diana(Diana('HELLOWORLD', 'FKCPC'), 'OKPGTXC')
Out[8]:
'YEYUXEWFQQ'

For double encryption (and decryption) the pairs of keywords DIANA-MINERVA, EJBOB-NJOFSWB, FKCPC-OKPGTXC...etc are equivalent.

Kullback test

In [9]:
def index_coincidence( s ):
    effectif = {}   # effectif de chaque caractère
    n = 0           # effectif total
    ic = 0          # indice de coïncidence (résultat)
    for c in s:
        if c in effectif:
            effectif[c] += 1
        else:
            effectif[c] = 1
        n += 1
    for c in effectif:
        ic += effectif[c]*(effectif[c]-1)
    ic /= n*(n-1)
    return ic
In [10]:
def Kullback(t, n):
    c = {}
    for i in range(len(t)):
        if i%n in c:
            c[i%n] += t[i]
        else:
            c[i%n] = t[i]
    ic = 0
    for i in c:
        ic += index_coincidence(c[i])
    return ic/n

The original example of Kullback (S. Kullback - Statistical Methods in Cryptanalysis, p. 41-47):
The following cryptogram is known to be enciphered polyalphabetically with a number of alphabets between 40 and 50

In [11]:
txt = '\
HSKUS PMFHD UJJIX MSPTP OIPCI WKZVU \
YPPNE USAIG BOOGA OPGPR HBOUC SHPVG \
HQXZS ACKRK VBGHM VSFRY YTKHK VWZXV \
LIJHW ARLKF IJSLT MHKAH QTUVT XSMEC \
FCSKT GOOYB XZVLI JRYAC DWEJM SCAFP \
IEAXO KAQDW EXPYP QHDNO JIXNZ JGNUD \
OARFU ERJOY BDOKE IKDUV TDVEV LETDO \
AFROU NYNBD VQOBE GGSHQ HXOPU ZCOCU \
KKZLT PHKRT CCOAS BZUGB UBBUN OVTPO \
VMIZD EPQFV KZ'.replace(' ', '')
In [12]:
for n in range(40, 50, 1):
    print(n, Kullback(txt, n))
40 0.030654761904761914
41 0.029036004645760748
42 0.04444444444444445
43 0.08903654485049838
44 0.03614718614718614
45 0.025820105820105816
46 0.03643892339544513
47 0.028368794326241134
48 0.04097222222222222
49 0.04897959183673469

The period is 43.

The crypto

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Out[13]:
(45758, 26)

Attack!

Recovering the first key

In [14]:
from __future__ import division
import numpy as np
import pyopencl as cl
import pyopencl.array
from ccrypto import *
import time 

PyOpenCL comes with IPython integration, which lets you seamlessly integrate PyOpenCL kernels into your IPython notebooks. Simply load the PyOpenCL IPython extension using:

In [15]:
%load_ext pyopencl.ipython_ext

Create an OpenCL context and a command queue:

In [16]:
ctx = cl.create_some_context()
queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)

This kernel translates all the characters of the buffer.

In [17]:
%%cl_kernel -o "-cl-fast-relaxed-math"

__kernel void translate(__global char *txt, int offset)
{
  int gid = get_global_id(0);
  txt[gid] = txt[gid] + offset;
}
In [18]:
translate.set_scalar_arg_dtypes( [None, np.int32] )

This kernel searches by brute force the trigram of the key at the position pos which gives the maximum IC.

In [19]:
%%cl_kernel -o "-cl-fast-relaxed-math"

__kernel void best_trig_max_ic(__global char *k,
                               int sizek,
                               __global char *pw,
                               int sizepw,
                               int period,
                               int pos,
                               __global float *clic)
{
    int gid0 = get_global_id(0);
    int gid1 = get_global_id(1);
    int gid2 = get_global_id(2);
    char mypw[100];                  // local copy of pw
    for(int i=0; i<sizepw; i++) {
        mypw[i] = pw[i];
    }
    mypw[pos%sizepw] = gid0;
    mypw[(pos+1)%sizepw] = gid1;
    mypw[(pos+2)%sizepw] = gid2;     // pw for this thread
    unsigned short eff[1600][26];
    for(int i=0; i<period; i++) {    // initialization
        for(int j=0; j<26; j++) {
            eff[i][j] = 0;
        }
    }
    int ipw = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i<sizek; i++) {
        char t = (25 - k[i] - mypw[ipw] + 26)%26; // Diana
        eff[i%period][t]++;
        ipw = (ipw + 1)%sizepw;
    }
    float mean_ic = 0;
    for(int i=0; i<period; i++) {     // Kullback
        float ic = 0.0;
        float n = 0;
        for(int j=0; j<26; j++) {
            float tmp = eff[i][j];
            tmp *= eff[i][j]-1;
            ic += tmp;
            n += eff[i][j];
        }
        mean_ic += ic/n/(n-1);
    }
    clic[(gid0*26+gid1)*26+gid2] = mean_ic/period;
}
In [20]:
best_trig_max_ic.set_scalar_arg_dtypes( [None, np.int32, None, np.int32, np.int32, np.int32, None] )
In [21]:
def triconv(n):
    g2 = n%26
    n = (n-g2)//26
    g1 = n%26
    g0 = (n-g1)//26
    return g0, g1, g2
In [22]:
def Find_best_ic(ktxt, p, q):
    start = time.time()
    assert(p < 100)
    k = np.array(list(ktxt), dtype=np.character)
    clk = cl.array.to_device(queue, k)
    translate(queue, (len(clk),), None, clk.data, -65)
    # Key
    pw = np.array(['E' for i in range(p)], dtype=np.character)
    clpw = cl.array.to_device(queue, pw)
    translate(queue, (len(clpw),), None, clpw.data, -65)
    # array of ic
    ic = np.full(26*26*26, 0.0, dtype=np.float32)  # table des ic
    clic = cl.array.to_device(queue, ic)
    # traitement
    for i in range(0, 2*len(pw), 3):  # two rounds
        best_trig_max_ic(queue, (26, 26, 26), None, clk.data, len(clk), 
                         clpw.data, p, q, i, clic.data)
        ic = clic.get()
        max_ic = max(ic)
        print(max_ic)
        idmax  = np.where(ic==max(ic))[0][0]
        pw = clpw.get()
        pw[i%len(pw)], pw[(i+1)%len(pw)], pw[(i+2)%len(pw)] = map(chr, triconv(idmax))
        clpw = cl.array.to_device(queue, pw)
    translate(queue, (len(clpw),), None, clpw.data, 65)
    pw = clpw.get()
    pw = b''.join(pw.tolist())
    pw = pw.decode("utf-8")
    delta = int(time.time()-start)
    print('----- Elapsed time ',delta//60, 'min', delta%60, 'sec')
    return max_ic, pw
In [23]:
Find_best_ic(k, 41, 37*43)
0.040553324
0.04105825
0.042462975
0.043957945
0.045444783
0.04655937
0.04792002
0.050350085
0.05297852
0.05605139
0.058183115
0.060201224
0.06323207
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
0.066305116
----- Elapsed time  0 min 26 sec
Out[23]:
(0.066305116, 'NECESSARYFORONEPEOPLETODISSOLVETHEPOLITIC')
In [24]:
kk = Diana(k, 'NECESSARYFORONEPEOPLETODISSOLVETHEPOLITIC')

Stroke of luck, the key is in clear. Period verification:

In [25]:
for i in range(1585, 1595, 1):
    print(i, Kullback(kk, i))
1585 0.0383348383892275
1586 0.038447849075322116
1587 0.03804860854596853
1588 0.03867292644110144
1589 0.038797509653176854
1590 0.03879118142835337
1591 0.06630493478929723
1592 0.038727321152377564
1593 0.038644828284848234
1594 0.03811776372672847

Recovering the second key

In [26]:
Find_best_ic(kk, 43, 37)
0.040867113
0.0414579
0.04199526
0.042800497
0.043723006
0.045530543
0.04744163
0.049721953
0.051167257
0.054130133
0.056107275
0.059045292
0.061580334
0.06517264
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
0.066238135
----- Elapsed time  0 min 19 sec
Out[26]:
(0.066238135, 'XIYXKAPTEFZEEXSBZLKKBZQBAQEBJTFQEXKLQEBOXKA')
In [27]:
kkk = Diana(kk, 'XIYXKAPTEFZEEXSBZLKKBZQBAQEBJTFQEXKLQEBOXKA')

Period verification:

In [28]:
for i in range(35, 45, 1):
    print(i, Kullback(kkk, i))
35 0.040109678990245264
36 0.04011867922748986
37 0.06623813850798715
38 0.040144708650738055
39 0.04018635484886002
40 0.04011507612999332
41 0.04014385619865031
42 0.04006996026985111
43 0.040058149800232375
44 0.04009780467075303

Recovering the third key and the plain text

Table of logarithms of quadrigram frequencies for the English language.

In [29]:
def quadidx(q):
    """Returns the index corresponding to a quadrigram
    """
    idx = ord(q[0])-ord('A')
    idx = idx*26+ord(q[1])-ord('A')
    idx = idx*26+ord(q[2])-ord('A')
    idx = idx*26+ord(q[3])-ord('A')
    return idx
In [30]:
quadf = np.full(26*26*26*26, 100, dtype=np.float32)
file = open('logf4g_en.txt', 'r')
for w in file:
    q, f = w.split()
    quadf[quadidx(q)] = f
file.close()
clquadf = cl.array.to_device(queue, quadf)

This kernel searches by brute force the trigram of the key at the position pos which gives the minimum logscore.

In [31]:
%%cl_kernel -o "-cl-fast-relaxed-math"

__kernel void best_trig_score(__global float *clquadf,
                              __global char *k,
                              int sizek,
                              __global char *pw,
                              int sizepw,
                              int pos,
                              __global float *clscore)
{
    int gid0 = get_global_id(0);
    int gid1 = get_global_id(1);
    int gid2 = get_global_id(2);
    char mypw[100];                  // local copy of pw
    for(int i=0; i<sizepw; i++) {
        mypw[i] = pw[i];
    }
    mypw[pos%sizepw] = gid0;
    mypw[(pos+1)%sizepw] = gid1;
    mypw[(pos+2)%sizepw] = gid2;     // pw for this thread
    float myscore = 0.0;
    char t0 = (25 - k[0] - mypw[0] + 26)%26;
    char t1 = (25 - k[1] - mypw[1] + 26)%26;
    char t2 = (25 - k[2] - mypw[2] + 26)%26;
    int ipw = 3;
    for(int i = 3; i<sizek; i++) {
        char t3 = (25 - k[i] - mypw[ipw] + 26)%26;  // Diana
        ipw = (ipw + 1)%sizepw;
        int idx = ((t0*26+t1)*26+t2)*26+t3;
        if ((idx >= 0) && (idx <= 456975)) { // 26^4 = 456976
            myscore += clquadf[idx];
        }
        else {
            myscore = -1; // In case of error (never happens!)
            break;
        }
        t0 = t1;
        t1 = t2;
        t2 = t3;
    }
    clscore[(gid0*26+gid1)*26+gid2] = myscore;
}
In [32]:
best_trig_score.set_scalar_arg_dtypes( [None, None, np.int32, None, np.int32, np.int32, None] )
In [33]:
def Solve_Diana(ktxt, p):
    start = time.time()
    assert(p < 100)
    # crypto
    k = np.array(list(ktxt), dtype=np.character)
    clk = cl.array.to_device(queue, k)
    translate(queue, (len(clk),), None, clk.data, -65)
    # key:
    pw = np.array(['E' for i in range(p)], dtype=np.character)
    clpw = cl.array.to_device(queue, pw)
    translate(queue, (len(clpw),), None, clpw.data, -65)
    # scores array:
    score = np.full(26*26*26, 0.0, dtype=np.float32)  # flat array of scores
    clscore = cl.array.to_device(queue, score)
    # processing:
    for i in range(0, 2*len(pw), 3):   # two rounds
        best_trig_score(queue, (26,26,26), None, clquadf.data, clk.data, len(clk),
                        clpw.data, p, i, clscore.data)
        score = clscore.get()
        min_score = min(score)
        print(min(score))
        idmin  = np.where(score==min(score))[0][0]
        pw = clpw.get()
        pw[i%len(pw)], pw[(i+1)%len(pw)], pw[(i+2)%len(pw)] = map(chr, triconv(idmin))
        clpw = cl.array.to_device(queue, pw)
    translate(queue, (len(clpw),), None, clpw.data, 65)
    pw = clpw.get()
    pw = b''.join(pw.tolist())
    pw = pw.decode("utf-8")
    delta = int(time.time()-start)
    print('----- Elapsed time ',delta//60, 'min', delta%60, 'sec')
    return min_score, pw
In [34]:
Solve_Diana(kkk, 37)
3601635.8
3317545.8
3076097.8
2803064.8
2543199.5
2297763.8
2010348.6
1727482.9
1452451.0
1172082.8
900117.4
604812.25
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
436868.8
----- Elapsed time  0 min 28 sec
Out[34]:
(436868.8, 'TEBKFKQEBZLROPBLCERJXKBSBKQPFQYBZLJBP')
In [35]:
Diana(kkk, 'TEBKFKQEBZLROPBLCERJXKBSBKQPFQYBZLJBP')
Out[35]:
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In [36]:
Find_best_ic(k, 43, 37*41)
0.04052736
0.041226517
0.041852158
0.04276266
0.043584246
0.045322202
0.047599368
0.04972953
0.051236685
0.05436935
0.05629176
0.059097737
0.061833058
0.065129295
0.06607007
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Out[36]:
(0.06607007, 'LAKLYITPEDJEELQHJXYYHJSHISEHZPDSELYXSEHULYI')
In [37]:
kk = Diana(k, 'LAKLYITPEDJEELQHJXYYHJSHISEHZPDSELYXSEHULYI')
In [38]:
Find_best_ic(kk, 41, 37)
0.041449912
0.041890934
0.043205485
0.044753905
0.046060637
0.047229666
0.04841634
0.050553773
0.053020295
0.056049492
0.0582762
0.060368188
0.06341287
0.066238135
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Out[38]:
(0.066238135, 'VEGEQQIRKDURUVETEUTXEPUFAQQUXNEPBETUXAPAG')
In [39]:
kkk = Diana(kk, 'VEGEQQIRKDURUVETEUTXEPUFAQQUXNEPBETUXAPAG')
In [40]:
Solve_Diana(kkk, 37)
3601635.8
3317545.8
3076097.8
2803064.8
2543199.5
2297763.8
2010348.6
1727482.9
1452451.0
1172082.8
900117.4
604812.25
436868.8
436868.8
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Out[40]:
(436868.8, 'TEBKFKQEBZLROPBLCERJXKBSBKQPFQYBZLJBP')
In [41]:
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