This is a very small puzzle which could drive a person mad, and provide allot of fun for all ages...It's called Crypto Box.
Link: http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/cryptobox.htm
Also, if you love Cryptology, and all things enigmatic, then visit http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/index.htm
I am still trying to figure out some of these machines...
For those minds who like a puzzle.
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Michael Slaunwhite
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Re: For those minds who like a puzzle.
One of my other favourite types of games are submarine and Uboat sims, so Im very familiar with that enigma machine, i think its a fantastic piece of software.
I persuaded a few friends to download it years ago, and sent them a coded message plus the required info to decode it. Unfortunately I made a mistake and they spent days pulling their hair out until my mistake was discovered.
They sent me a coded message then.
Cant repeat it here
I persuaded a few friends to download it years ago, and sent them a coded message plus the required info to decode it. Unfortunately I made a mistake and they spent days pulling their hair out until my mistake was discovered.
They sent me a coded message then.
Cant repeat it here
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Michael Slaunwhite
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Re: For those minds who like a puzzle.
I bet they were mad. :laugh: It's like telling people that you buried a gold nugget in your back yard but you forgot to bury it. :huh:One of my other favourite types of games are submarine and Uboat sims, so Im very familiar with that enigma machine, i think its a fantastic piece of software.
I persuaded a few friends to download it years ago, and sent them a coded message plus the required info to decode it. Unfortunately I made a mistake and they spent days pulling their hair out until my mistake was discovered.
They sent me a coded message then.
Cant repeat it here
Have you tried out the machines they have listed yet? If you haven't here are all the links to each code machine...
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Brief Description: This program is an exact simulation of the 3-rotor Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe Enigma, the 3-rotor Kriegsmarine M3, also called Funkschlussel M, and the famous 4-rotor Kriegmarine M4 Enigma cipher machine, used during World War II from 1939 until 1945. You can select between the three models, actually choose different rotors or 'Walzen', preset the rotor wiring positions or 'Ringstellung' and switch letters by using plugs or 'Stecker'. The internal wiring of all rotors is identical to those used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine. This simulator is therefore fully compatible with the real Enigma-machine and you can decode original messages and make your own encoded text.
Link: Enigma Simulator
Don't forget to pickup their Codebook tool. This tool will allow you to create your own codebook which has be given to those you wish to be able to decode the messages you receive, and those which you send.
Brief Description: With this Enigma Codebook Tool, you can create code sheets with key settings for different models of German Enigma cipher machines. These sheets contain all necessary information to setup your Enigma. The program can create, show, save and print a single code sheet, valid for one month, or a complete year.
This tool can create codebooks for the 3-rotor Wehrmacht/Luftwaffe Enigma, the 3-rotor Kriegsmarine M3, also called Funkschlussel M, and the 4-rotor Kriegsmarine M4. The program generates random settings, depending the model, for the eight different normal and two special Beta and Gamma rotors, ringsettings and plugboard connections. There are also four compatible modes for the M4 to communicate with the M3 or with M3 and Wehrmacht/Luftwaffe machines. The program has a clear and simple user interface to view existing and create new sheets.
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Link: Enigma Codebook Tool
The possibilities are pretty much endless, and if you are a a fanatic while playing military games (clans), or just an enthusiast this software is something else.
Brief Description: On this page you can download the freeware Award Winning M-209 cipher machine simulation. This program is an accurate simulation of the M-209 Cipher Machine, used by the US Military during World War 2. The M-209, the American licensed version of the Hagelin C-38, was a portable hand operated cipher machine for tactical messages. It had the size of a lunchbox and presented a brilliant mechanical design, developed by the Swedish cryptographer Boris Hagelin.
This simulator, fully compatible with the original cipher machine, enables realistic operation with rotating wheels, setting of wheel pins and drum lugs, combined with authentic graphics. The program comes with a very complete helpfile, containing the manual, the enciphering procedures from the US military and all technical details on the machine. There's also a picture gallery. Complete with formatted clipboard and Autotyping function. With this program you will be able to work with the M-209 and examine how it works and how it was operated. This is a true reference to the M-209, and an educational must! On the bottom of this page you can find some screenshots, taken from the program.
Download Link: http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/m209sim.htm
Brief Description: This program is an accurate simulation of the Hagelin BC-52, one of the most famous Cold War era crypto machines. After the success of the C-38 and M-209 as tactical cipher devices, Hagelin developed a cipher machine for high level military and diplomatic encryption. In 1952 Hagelin Cryptos (Crypto AG) introduced the C-52 and, as Devours and Kruh wrote, 'caused ripples throughout the cryptanalytic community'. The C-52 raised the security of pin-and-lug devices to another level. The machine had 6 irregular moving pinwheels, selected from a set of 12, and the number of drum bars was extended to 32, of which 5 where also used to advance the wheels. When lugs and pins are selected carefully the C-52 provides even in this computer era a powerful encryption. The combination of C-52 and the keyboard, denoted B-52, was named BC-52. Within short time the BC-52 was purchased by more than 60 countries and remaind popular until today.
This very realistic Hagelin BC-52 Cipher Machine Simulator enables you to encipher and decipher messages, and apply the key settings as you would with an actual machine. You can select between the C-52 and CX-52 model, and customize the machine in various ways. There's also a formatted clipboard and an Autotyping function. The program includes a detailed help file containing the enciphering procedures, how to set the machine and all technical details (Click the screenshot to enlarge the picture).
Download Link: http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/bc-52.htm
Website Link: ATOMIX cipher machine download
Description: he ATOMIX cipher machine is an advanced virtual Cold War era electro-mechanical rotor machine, situated between the Enigma and the Fialka M-125 cipher machines.
With its eight irregular stepping rotors, moving in both directions, the ATOMIX has a far better cryptographic strength than the Enigma and a tremendous key space. Its flexible pin settings provide many more different rotor movements than the Fialka. This very realistic virtual ATOMIX enables you to encipher and decipher messages, and apply the key settings as you would with an actual machine. There's also a formatted clipboard and Autotyping function. The program comes with a very complete helpfile, containing the manual, the enciphering procedures and all technical details on the machine.
ATOMIX Key Generator
Description: Simply put, it is a key generator. No, not the kind one might expect with software of dubious origins. It is a generator for the settings for a virtual cipher machine called ATOMIX, created by mr. Dirk Rijmenants (http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/)The "key" in this case means the machine settings that are used for encrypting the message. And since coming up with enough random settings for keeping things secure gets tedious with such an amount of settings as the aforementioned machine has, I have written a program to simplify the process.
Website Link: ATOMIX Key Generator
I think that is it...if not visit the link found in the first post it has all the machines, and many extras...if you don't wish to read the first post then here is the link again to their main website.
Brief Description: This software is an accurate simulation of the KL-7 Cipher Machine. The KL-7, codenamed ADONIS or POLLUX, was an off-line rotor cipher machine, developed in the late 1940's by the American Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA) and introduced by the newly formed National Security Agency (NSA) in 1952. The KL-7 served in the United States and several NATO countries until 1983.
The KL-7 simulator provides an authentic look and feel with its hands-on approach. The development of this simulator is based on publicly available information on the KL-7. It's principles of operation and most of the technical details are known. However, the internal wiring of the ciphering rotors and the stepping unit, which are considered part of the secret key settings, are still classified. The KL-7 simulator operates with the same cryptographic principles as the real KL-7 but consequently uses its own rotor and stepping wiring. Nonetheless, the KL-7 simulator provides authentic handling and operates just like the real KL-7. With most surviving KL-7’s sanitized, this simulator is the only remaining way to actually work with this beautiful machine and the simulator serves as an attempt to keep this machine and its history alive. The simulator comes with an extensive 17 page manual that includes the use of the simulator, the KL-7's technical details and its history.
Link: http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/kl-7sim.htm
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