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Old 04-27-07, 04:02 AM   #3
P_Funk
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Wicked. I was thinking of doing something like this. Lets up the ante for anyone interested.

I used the Enigma Codebook Generator program to create a code book for April of 07.

Download it here. Its a notepad file.

And read this to figure out how to operate the machine. http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/enigmahelp.htm

I used the Kriegsmarine 4 rotor reflector. The code adds to the chore of decoding significantly.

Now my message.

Following standard procedure for enigma operators there are two key letter groups at the beginning which are important, those being the 4 starting reel letters. After you set up your Enigma machine for today you take the first set of 4 letters and use them as your starting reel. Then you decode the second 4 letter group. The decoded letters form the starting reel for the rest of the message. Complicated enough for you?

The operators would select the random starting reel so that it was more random. With these two starting reels you effectively code the code.

Here goes.

April 27th:
YADT ZENP
FSSY QFMZ TTEK VOZI XMGJ QRKJ CMXV OKEV LSYF ZTYD ZVZO RAUU CV
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