Breaking the Hutton 2 challenge

Thomas Kaeding

Paper 2023/1113

Breaking the Hutton 2 challenge

Thomas Kaeding

Abstract

In 2018, Eric Bond Hutton posed a challenge online involving a classical cipher of his creation. It was broken nearly two years later by brute-forcing the keywords, and a new challenge that involves a modified cipher was posted. This is an explanation of how we broke the second challenge. We did so by scanning all books on Project Gutenberg for an acceptable match, then resolving any discrepancies and finding the keys.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Publication info: Preprint.
Contact author(s): insanitas @ proton me
History: 2023-07-18: approved; 2023-07-17: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2023/1113
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2023/1113,
      author = {Thomas Kaeding},
      title = {Breaking the Hutton 2 challenge},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2023/1113},
      year = {2023},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1113}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1113}
}