Work factor: two centuries and a computer.

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124648494429082661.html  

A double transposition cipher created by a friend and sent to Jefferson has been 
solved.  (Jefferson, of course, is famous for his multiple disk cipher device, with an 
interesting twist in that it was polyaplphabetic substitution with multiple possible 
ciphertexts for a given plaintext.  Be interesting to see how the two compared in 
strength.)

======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched,
My eyes fail, looking for my God.                     - Psalm 69:1-3
http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm 
http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://twitter.com/rslade
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
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