didn't realize how much i've been waiting for this post until you sent it. of course, the replies are correct. they're avoiding the spam filters. however, i also read 'thongs' instead of 'thugs'. good to know you're not alone.
however, might be an interesting project. just to see what you come up with...i supsect the illuminati. they've infiltrated the most powerful groups on the planet...it stands to reason that they're inside the PHP community. On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:14:14 -0500, Kristopher Spencer-Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As many of you may have noticed, A friend and I have noticed the odd > text at the bottom of spam. My friend once stated "What if this is some > secret code.. they send it to everyone to hide that it is code.. but the > person it is intended for knows how to decipher?" Hmm.. interesting. > So that got me to coding.. I havent had much time to tinker but I do > have some Fred Wrixon books.. anyway overall just getting started on > this off-time project. If this strange text at bottom of spam is indeed > some ciphertext, they are probably using some old cipher methods. This > thought is based simply on comparing known cipher appearance to that of > the text in spam and often seeing some similarities. > > I was wondering if anyone else has wondered the same thing about the > wierd text at the bottom of a lot of the spam, and if anyone has ever > used PHP to create any cipher tools in an attempt to crack the following: > > Columnar Transposition ciphers > Word transposition ciphers > Franklin-Dumas cipher > > My first round is creating a script that goes through and takes various > combinations (1st letter of each word, 3rd letter of every 3rd word, > etc., etc., etc.,) I guess this is considered letter transposition > ciphering. I have some vague ideas to incorporate dictionary database.. > so if my script attempts to decrypt a peice of text with "method 402" > and the result contains actual words from a dictionary, it will flag it > or save it to a seperate database.. something along those lines. > > This is just for fun... no one is sponsoring/financing anything here.. > just wondering if anyone is interested in sharing ideas and/or code, > philosophy, etc. Of course, this could be done in any language, or even > on paper... I can burn a ream of notebook paper fast doing double > columnar by hand but my interest is using PHP specifically. I figure, > even if my friend is just crazy and no one is sending secret messages > inside spam, it is at least going to be fun, rewarding in knowledge and > the sharing of information and ideas. And if we do crack something, > maybe Fred Wrixon can mention PHP in his next book. :) > > Kris > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
