/* program to to decrypt caesar(tm) cypher */ /* (caesar is a trademark of the roman empire) /* /* to compile: /* /* cc decrypt.c -lm -o decrypt.c /* /* usage: /* /* decrypt [n] < file /* /* where n is an optional forced rotation. /* /* */ /* authors: Stan King, John Eldridge, based on algorithm suggested by /* Bob Morris /* 29-Sep-82 /* Changed 30-Sep-82 to do each line separately. /* */ #include #include #include extern char *calloc(); main( argc, argv ) int argc; char *argv[]; { /* letter frequencies (taken from some unix(tm) documentation) */ /* (unix is a trademark of Bell Laboratories) */ static double stdf[ 26 ] = { 7.97, 1.35, 3.61, 4.78, 12.37, 2.01, 1.46, 4.49, 6.39, 0.04, 0.42, 3.81, 2.69, 5.92, 6.96, 2.91, 0.08, 6.63, 8.77, 9.68, 2.62, 0.81, 1.88, 0.23, 2.07, 0.06, }; int obs[26]; int bufsize; int c, i, try; double dot, winnerdot; /* .. */ int winner, forced; char *inbuf; bufsize = 0; if( argc > 1 ) sscanf( argv[1], "%d", &forced ); if( forced == 0 ) forced = -1000; inbuf = calloc( BUFSIZ, 1 ); /* adjust frequency table to weight low probs REAL low */ for (i=0; i<26; i++) { stdf[i] = log(stdf[i]) + log(26.0/100.0); } /* Decode each line separately */ for (;;) { for (i=0; i<=25; obs[i++]=0) ; /* get a sample of the text */ for( i = 0; i < BUFSIZ; i++ ) { if( (inbuf[i] = c = getchar()) == EOF ) { return; } if (c == '\n') { bufsize = i+1; break; } if (islower(c)) obs[c-'a'] += 1; else if (isupper(c)) obs[c-'A'] += 1; }; /* now "dot" the freqs with the observed letter freqs /* and keep track of best fit */ winner = 0; for (try = 0; try<26; try++) { dot = 0; for ( i=0; i<26; i++ ) { dot += obs[i] * stdf[ (i+try) % 26 ]; }; /* initialize winning score */ if( try == 0 ) winnerdot = dot; if( dot > winnerdot ) { /* got a new winner! */ winner = try; winnerdot = dot; } } if (forced != -1000) winner = forced; /* print out sample buffer */ for( i = 0; i < bufsize; i++ ) putchar( rotate( inbuf[i], winner ) ); } } static int rotate( c, perm ) char c; int perm; { if (isupper(c)) { return 'A' + (c - 'A' + perm) % 26 ; } else if (islower(c)) { return 'a' + (c-'a'+perm) % 26 ; } else return c; }