ycannot / cryptic-machine

cryptic-machine

This is cyptic-machine project for AIU-Hackaton 2016!

21.04.2016

Before getting started, I will prepare some files to start with here.

Project will have 3 sub parts, which we may include or exclude.

• Brute force/dictionary attacker
• Cipher encryptor and decryptor
• Frequency analyzer for simple encrypted files

In Hackathon time we will mostly be building some of these attackers and user interfaces (mostly text based) Some algorithms will be implemented beforehand.

###Description: Cryptography is the writing of the messages in a concealed way, and also the set of techniques in order to find out what a hidden message is. In this project, we will develop simple cryptographic algorithms for encoding and decoding messages. It mostly consists in string manipulation and using lists and dictionaries in Python.

###Language used: Python

###Learning objectives: Develop programming skills in Python (strings, lists, functions, dictionaries) Develop problem solving skills Learn interesting encryption and decryption methods

###Encryption Methods: Brute-force dictionary attack to passwords Caesar-cipher and other Substitution ciphers Frequency analyzer for ciphers

###Difficulty: Super Easy

###Requirements: Very basic knowledge in Python You may want to learn about some basic cryptography techniques like ciphers.