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C#6mo ago
TheSnowOwl

Anyone interested in trying to break an encryption i have written?

i have created an encryption system, idk if i could call it an algorithm, but i want to see if it is breakable, and this is the first place i could think of to find people like this. basically, i have attached a text file with the encrypted text. anyone willing to take on the task to test the security of this encryption method?
25 Replies
Buddy
Buddy6mo ago
Why is this in help?
Mango
Mango6mo ago
Upload the contents of the text file rather than the file itself
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
if it is breakable
yes can you give me a "crib" ? (a sequence of few words present in your test)
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
"journey unlike any other. With her" i assume it is breakable yes lol this is my first real encryption project, so im still learning and seeing what i can do hehe
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
well first, a good encryption system should be unbreakable even if other know how it works
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
im aware of that ^^
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
and without knowing how it works, the characater distribution of your thing isn't good
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
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TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
but like i said it is my first ever made, thats why i assume it is breakable. and that is also why i asked for people to break it to learn more about it you know elaborate? i read that character distributions might imply the use of a certain language? do you mean it in that way
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
a good encryption output is indecernible from random noise if your character distribution isn't good, it means you leak out information
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
right what did you use to get this graph?
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
chatgpt
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
damn interesting how
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
it itself wrote python to get this graph
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
dang
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
it's nice to quickly visualise stuff but still, don't trust it too much
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
im not, dont worry, its just a learning project not planning to secure any data with it at all
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
I meant the chatgpt output lol
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
oh xd just curious, are you trying more things on the data?
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
no, i have a day job you know :kekw:
TheSnowOwl
TheSnowOwlOP6mo ago
xd its alright good luck
TilionDC
TilionDC6mo ago
You are gonna have to share the code for it if you want us to try decrypt it. Security through obfuscation is generally thought of as an antipattern
Buddy
Buddy6mo ago
Never roll your own cryptography unless you are an experienced mathematician / cryptographer
TilionDC
TilionDC6mo ago
Yes, but as a learning exercise its not a bad idea.
Kuinox
Kuinox6mo ago
I think it is you didn't shared the method, you probably just tried your ideas without having idea of the domain. basis of cryptorgraphy is math, and nobody ask for review of a cryptographic system by just sharing the output, you need to share the process
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