AUTOMATED CRYPTANALYSIS OF SUBSTITUTION CIPHERS
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Cryptologia
- Vol. 17 (4) , 407-418
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0161-119391868033
Abstract
We use simulated annealing to provide an automated method for the cryptanalysis of mono-alphabetic substitution ciphers. We prove the convergence of the algorithm and study its performance for a specific cooling schedule. We discuss the merits of this approach and show that it provides a simple, fast and elegant solution to the cryptanalysis problem which is also promising for more complex types of block ciphers.Keywords
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