Re: M4 project
Steve Hosgood <steve-ZMQM5VTtYHJ+cjeuK/[email protected]>
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[email protected] wrote: >>Does anyone know how many colours of "offizier" messages were possible, >> >> > >26, 'colours' the German phonetic alphabet. > > > My mistake: I thought they were colours. > Details are in the Offizier procudere booklet on Tony's Codesandciphers website. >But procedure does not seem to be strictly followed. One message started vonvon and the other vvvv. > > > Either way, the construction "<address> von <name> offizier <phonetic alphabet letter>" is a difficult crib. The only bit that's reliable are the 26 combinations of "offizier <phonetic alphabet letter>" and they can be anywhere from about 6 to 30 characters from the start of the message. >I expect the M4 team to break the third message, I don't think it has failed because it is OffiZier. > > > Hope so! If it *is* offizier, it's going to be a seriously tough break-in. Even with technology 65 years ahead of WWII. Steve