By Mark Jordan, Daniel Sprouse and Knut-Sigurd Knuteson CSE 403 Proposal By Mark Jordan, Daniel Sprouse and Knut-Sigurd Knuteson
Vision To create a website that can cryptanalyze user submitted ciphertexts Could be used to solve simple ciphers as used in puzzle contests, or geocaching
Software Architecture User sends http post Server sends ciphertext to program Cryptanalysis is done on server Program sends results back as a webpage
Challenges and Risks Not all ciphertexts are solvable Cryptanalysis methods depend on what type of cipher was used Cipher type is not always apparent