Hello I am trying to brute force decrypt a word 58 times but my code keeps adding more characters for every loop it does. Has anyone got any idea what I am doing wrong I just learnt python 3
Here is my attempt to decrypt
word = input("Please enter the encrypted word: ")
message = ""
times = 0
for i in range(58):
for ch in word:
val=ord(ch)
times += 1
val = (val-times)
if val > ord('z'):
val = ord('a') + (val - ord('z')-1)
message +=chr(val)
print("Here is your original message: ", message)
Is this what you're looking for?
word = input("Please enter the encrypted word: ")
message = ""
times = 0
for i in range(58):
message = ""
for ch in word:
val=ord(ch)
val = (val-times)
if val > ord('z'):
val = ord('a') + (val - ord('z')-1)
message +=chr(val)
print("Here is your encrypted message: ", message)
times += 1
Knowing what kind of encryption was used would make this a much easier problem to solve.
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The encrypt method in my program is not encrypting correctly. I thought I figured out why using debug mode; it's because it reads the spaces between words as something it has to encrypt. So I tried typing a message without spaces but it still didn't come out correctly.
I figure the issue is the if statement with the key. I tried commenting lines out, changing statements, changing the if statement to a for loop, but it still isn't correct.
def main():
vig_square = create_vig_square()
message = input("Enter a multi-word message with punctuation: ")
input_key = input("Enter a single word key with no punctuation: ")
msg = message.lower()
key = input_key.lower()
coded_msg = encrypt(msg, key, vig_square)
print("The encoded message is: ",coded_msg)
print("The decoded message is: ", msg)
def encrypt(msg,key,vig_square):
coded_msg = ""
key_inc = 0
for i in range(len(msg)):
msg_char = msg[i]
if key_inc == len(key)-1:
key_inc = 0
key_char = key[key_inc]
if msg_char.isalpha() and key_char.isalpha():
row_index = get_row_index(key_char,vig_square)
col_index = get_col_index(msg_char,vig_square)
coded_msg = coded_msg+vig_square[row_index][col_index]
else:
coded_msg = coded_msg + " "
key_inc = key_inc+1
return coded_msg
def get_col_index(msg_char, vig_square):
column_index = ord(msg_char) - 97
return column_index
def get_row_index(key_char, vig_square):
row_index = ord(key_char) - 97
return row_index
def create_vig_square():
vig_square = list()
for row in range(26):
next_row = list()
chr_code = ord('a') + row
for col in range(26):
letter = chr(chr_code)
next_row.append(letter)
chr_code = chr_code + 1
if chr_code > 122:
chr_code = ord('a')
vig_square.append(next_row)
return vig_square
main()
This example was given to us:
Enter a multi-word message with punctuation: The eagle has landed.
Enter a single word key with no punctuation: LINKED
The encoded message is: epr oejwm ukw olvqoh.
The decoded message is: the eagle has landed.
But my encoded message comes out as:
epr iloyo sif plvqoh
You have two errors:
First, you don't use all characters in the key. Change the following line:
if key_inc == len(key)-1:
key_inc = 0
to
if key_inc == len(key):
key_inc = 0
Second, you move the key pointer even if you process a non-alpha character in the message (e.g. spaces). Do it only if you encode a character, i.e. make the following change:
if msg_char.isalpha() and key_char.isalpha():
...
key_inc = key_inc+1 # Move this line here
else:
...
So currently my Caesar cipher program runs well whenever I use lowercase letters. I want it however to work when I input a word or phrase with uppercase. This is the code I have now. Hopefully y'all can help me finish this.
user defined functions
def encrypt(message, distance):
"""Will take message and rotate it the distance, in order to create an encrypted message"""
encryption = ""
for ch in message:
ordvalue = ord(ch)
cipherValue = ordvalue + distance
if cipherValue > ord("z"):
cipherValue = ord("a") + distance - (ord("z") - ordvalue + 1)
encryption += chr(cipherValue)
return encryption
def decrypt(message, distance):
"""Will decrypt the above message"""
decryption = ""
for cc in message:
ordvalue = ord(cc)
decryptValue = ordvalue - distance
if decryptValue < ord("a"):
decryptValue = ord("z") - distance - (ord("a") - ordvalue - 1)
decryption += chr(decryptValue)
return decryption
def binaryConversion(message):
"""Will convert the word into binary code"""
binary = ""
for cb in message:
binaryString = " " #Binary number
binaryNumber = ord(cb)
while binaryNumber > 0:
binaryRemainder = binaryNumber % 2
binaryNumber = binaryNumber // 2
binaryString = str(binaryRemainder) + binaryString
binary += binaryString
return binary
while loop
run = True
while run:
#input
message = input("Enter word to be encrypted: ") #original message
distance = int(input("Enter the distance value: ")) #distance letters will be moved
#variables
fancy = encrypt(message, distance)
boring = decrypt(fancy, distance)
numbers = binaryConversion(message)
#output
print("\n")
print("Your word was: ", format(message, ">20s"))
print("The distance you rotated was: ", format(distance), "\n")
print("The encryption is: ", format(fancy, ">16s"))
print("The decryption is: ", format(boring, ">16s"))
print("The binary code is: ", format(numbers)) #I know an error comes here but it will work in the end
repeat = input("Would you like to encrypt again? Y/N ")
print("\n")
if repeat == "N" or repeat == "n":
run = False
else:
run = True
Finale
print("Thank you & as Julius Caesar once said, 'Veni, vidi, vici'")
Thank you
I would suggest you approach this problem in the mindset of a mapping rather than an offset. You can build the mapping based on the offset but character processing will be easier if you use a dictionary or some other form of one to one mapping.
For example:
offset = 5
source = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
target = source[offset:]+source[:offset]
source = source + source.upper()
target = target + target.upper()
encrypt = str.maketrans(source,target)
decrypt = str.maketrans(target,source)
e = "The quick brown Fox jumped over the lazy Dogs".translate(encrypt)
print(e)
d = e.translate(decrypt)
print(d)
I have a code and I'm having trouble making it interactive.
Here's the problem:
"""Write a function called rot13 that uses the Caesar cipher to encrypt a message. The Caesar cipher works like a substitution cipher but each character is replaced by the character 13 characters to “its right” in the alphabet. So for example the letter “a” becomes the letter “n”. If a letter is past the middle of the alphabet then the counting wraps around to the letter “a” again, so “n” becomes “a”, “o” becomes “b” and so on. Hint: Whenever you talk about things wrapping around its a good idea to think of modulo arithmetic (using the remainder operator)."""
Here's the code to this problem:
def rot13(mess):
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
encrypted = ''
for char in mess:
if char == ' ':
encrypted = encrypted + ' '
else:
rotated_index = alphabet.index(char) + 13
if rotated_index < 26:
encrypted = encrypted + alphabet[rotated_index]
else:
encrypted = encrypted + alphabet[rotated_index % 26]
return encrypted
def main():
print(rot13('abcde'))
print(rot13('nopqr'))
print(rot13(rot13('since rot thirteen is symmetric you should see this message')))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
I want to make it interactive where you can input any message and you can rotate the letters however many times as you want. Here is my attempt. I understand you'd need two parameters to pass, but I'm clueless as to how to replace a few items.
Here's my attempt:
def rot13(mess, char):
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
encrypted = ''
for char in mess:
if char == ' ':
encrypted = encrypted + ' '
else:
rotated_index = alphabet.index(char) + mess
if rotated_index < 26:
encrypted = encrypted + alphabet[rotated_index]
else:
encrypted = encrypted + alphabet[rotated_index % 26]
return encrypted
def main():
messy_shit = input("Rotate by: ")
the_message = input("Type a message")
print(rot13(the_message, messy_shit))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
I don't know where my input should be taking place in the function. I have a feeling it could be encrypted?
This is probably what you're looking for. It rotates the message by the messy_shit input.
def rot13(mess, rotate_by):
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
encrypted = ''
for char in mess:
if char == ' ':
encrypted = encrypted + ' '
else:
rotated_index = alphabet.index(char) + int(rotate_by)
if rotated_index < 26:
encrypted = encrypted + alphabet[rotated_index]
else:
encrypted = encrypted + alphabet[rotated_index % 26]
return encrypted
def main():
messy_shit = input("Rotate by: ")
the_message = input("Type a message")
print(rot13(the_message, messy_shit))
def rot(message, rotate_by):
'''
Creates a string as the result of rotating the given string
by the given number of characters to rotate by
Args:
message: a string to be rotated by rotate_by characters
rotate_by: a non-negative integer that represents the number
of characters to rotate message by
Returns:
A string representing the given string (message) rotated by
(rotate_by) characters. For example:
rot('hello', 13) returns 'uryyb'
'''
assert isinstance(rotate_by, int) == True
assert (rotate_by >= 0) == True
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
rotated_message = []
for char in message:
if char == ' ':
rotated_message.append(char)
else:
rotated_index = alphabet.index(char) + rotate_by
if rotated_index < 26:
rotated_message.append(alphabet[rotated_index])
else:
rotated_message.append(alphabet[rotated_index % 26])
return ''.join(rotated_message)
if __name__ == '__main__':
while True:
# Get user input necessary for executing the rot function
message = input("Enter message here: ")
rotate_by = input("Enter your rotation number: ")
# Ensure the user's input is valid
if not rotate_by.isdigit():
print("Invalid! Expected a non-negative integer to rotate by")
continue
rotated_message = rot(message, int(rotate_by))
print("rot-ified message:", rotated_message)
# Allow the user to decide if they want to continue
run_again = input("Continue? [y/n]: ").lower()
while run_again != 'y' and run_again != 'n':
print("Invalid! Expected 'y' or 'n'")
run_again = input("Continue? [y/n]: ")
if run_again == 'n':
break
Note: It's more efficient to create a list of characters then join them to produce a string instead of using string = string + char. See Method 6 here and the Python docs here. Also, be aware that our rot function only works for lowercase letters of the alphabet. It'll break if you try to rot a message with uppercase characters or any character that isn't in alphabet.
I need to write a recursive function to encrypt a message by
converting all lowercase characters to the next character (with z transformed to a) in python.
This is my code so far, but I don't know how to go farther, or how to correct the error.
sentence = input("Enter a message: \n")
letter_number = 0
def encrypt_sentence (s, number):
if letter_number == len(sentence) - 1:
return(s)
else:
if s[letter_number] == chr(122):
return encrypt_sentence(chr(ord(s[letter_number])-25), letter_number + 1)
else:
return encrypt_sentence(chr(ord(s[letter_number])+1), letter_number + 1)
print("Encrypted message")
print(encrypt_sentence(sentence, letter_number))
I've fixed your code and now it works.
sentence = input("Enter a message: \n")
letter_number = 0
def encrypt_sentence (sentence):
if sentence:
if sentence == chr(122):
return chr(ord(sentence[letter_number])-25)
else:
return chr(ord(sentence[letter_number])+1)
print("Encrypted message")
ris = ''
for word in sentence:
ris += encrypt_sentence(word)
print(ris)
I recently began to play around with cryptography after playing with Project Euler Problem 59, and I made a basic XOR cryptography system. In this case the concatentation of your output and a random key are made and saved to a text file (only as a test, I will make it better once I've fixed this bug), but I've noticed that certain messages do not encrypt or decrypt correctly. I've narrowed this down to messages of length > 54. My code is as follows:
#encrypt.py
import random
msg = raw_input("Enter your message: ")
out = ""
key = ""
for i in xrange(len(msg)):
key += chr(random.randint(0,255))
k = 0
for char in msg:
out += chr(ord(msg[k]) ^ ord(key[k]))
k += 1
print "\nYour output is:", out
print "Your key is:", key
raw_input()
with open("output.txt","r+") as f:
f.truncate()
f.write(out+key)
And decryption:
#decrypt.py
import sys
if not len(sys.argv) > 1: exit()
with open(sys.argv[1],"r+") as f:
content = f.read()
msg, key = content[:len(content)/2], content[len(content)/2:]
out = ""
k = 0
for char in msg:
out += chr(ord(char) ^ ord(key[k]))
k += 1
print out
raw_input()
For longer messages (than 54 chars), when they are decrypted they will give a string of random characters. Does anyone have an idea as to why this happens?
Since making characters out of random bits is likely to produce characters that look ugly on the screen, you can try hex-encoding the output before printing it.
#encrypt.py
import random
msg = raw_input("Enter your message: ")
out = ""
key = ""
for i in xrange(len(msg)):
key += chr(random.randint(0,255))
k = 0
for char in msg:
out += chr(ord(msg[k]) ^ ord(key[k]))
k += 1
out = ":".join("{:02x}".format(ord(c)) for c in out)
key = ":".join("{:02x}".format(ord(c)) for c in key)
print "\nYour output is:", out
print "Your key is:", key
raw_input()
with open("output.txt","w+") as f:
f.truncate()
f.write(out+key)
Then for decryption, you have to remove the colons and hex-decode before you can continue with regular decryption.
#decrypt.py
import sys
if not len(sys.argv) > 1: exit()
with open(sys.argv[1],"r+") as f:
content = f.read()
content = content.replace(':', '')
msg, key = content[:len(content)/2], content[len(content)/2:]
msg = msg.decode('hex')
key = key.decode('hex')
out = ""
k = 0
for char in msg:
out += chr(ord(char) ^ ord(key[k]))
k += 1
print out
raw_input()
At the console, the results look like this:
$ python encrypt.py
Enter your message: onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineteneleventwelvethirteen
Your output is: 7f:09:d0:8c:2e:1a:e0:a0:84:e7:bf:3b:e8:cc:f3:4e:35:e4:4f:20:c8:00:72:9d:f0:bc:de:54:88:30:a6:3d:93:3f:c1:6d:46:4a:68:ca:96:2e:16:50:43:0f:30:fa:27:f3:f2:8d:35:4b:6a:11:cc:02:04
Your key is: 10:67:b5:f8:59:75:94:c8:f6:82:da:5d:87:b9:81:28:5c:92:2a:53:a1:78:01:f8:86:d9:b0:31:e1:57:ce:49:fd:56:af:08:32:2f:06:af:fa:4b:60:35:2d:7b:47:9f:4b:85:97:f9:5d:22:18:65:a9:67:6a
$ cat output.txt
7f:09:d0:8c:2e:1a:e0:a0:84:e7:bf:3b:e8:cc:f3:4e:35:e4:4f:20:c8:00:72:9d:f0:bc:de:54:88:30:a6:3d:93:3f:c1:6d:46:4a:68:ca:96:2e:16:50:43:0f:30:fa:27:f3:f2:8d:35:4b:6a:11:cc:02:0410:67:b5:f8:59:75:94:c8:f6:82:da:5d:87:b9:81:28:5c:92:2a:53:a1:78:01:f8:86:d9:b0:31:e1:57:ce:49:fd:56:af:08:32:2f:06:af:fa:4b:60:35:2d:7b:47:9f:4b:85:97:f9:5d:22:18:65:a9:67:6a
$ python decrypt.py output.txt
onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineteneleventwelvethirteen