Ask HN: Need help to Decipher a Line for school assighment

#1

Post by aviral190694 » Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 9:08 AM UTC

ZYEMOUSOUSIZWYIXOKSOTZQSOBSYLSWDKHTMOWARMSKSRRSILISFESWBHSTOISQISRRZWSOIRYRMSOUSIODSTLYISWDKHTMOWAWYEWBYXXYWSWDKHTMGYIATOISQISTSWRRMSYRMSIRSVRTGHKKWYRJSTYSOTZOWAXOZJSMOIARYAYJISONHWDRMHTBHQMSIJZMOWATMYEKAWYRJSAHLLHBEKRRYAYMYGSUSIRMHTSVSIBHTSOTNTZYERYGIHRSOQIYDIOXRMORORROBNTBHQMSITOERYXORHBOKKZOWAJISONTRMSXGHRMYEROETSIMOUHWDRYPEXQHWOWAXONSOBMOWDSOTHXQKSJIERSLYIBSOQQIYOBMHTWYRWSBSTTOIHKZRMSWHBSTRGOZRYAYWSRMHTRMSRIHBNRYAYHWDRMHTGHKKJSRYASRSBRGMSWRMSTEJTRHRERHYWHTWYRIHDMROWARYLHWAOJSRRSIYWSETHWDRMSLISFESWBHSTRYDEHASZYEDYYAKEBN

This is the text to decipher please help if anyone can.. or tips how i can solve this

Re: Ask HN: Need help to Decipher a Line for school assighment

#2

Post by smt88 » Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 9:54 AM UTC

Z is not a space, nor is N. That's all I've got for you, buddy. I can think of some code that would help, but I don't have time to write it.

Were you told that this is a traditional cipher, where characters are substituted 1:1?

Generally speaking, thinking really hard about this (and possibly failing) is going to be better for you than having someone on HN tell you the answer.

Re: Ask HN: Need help to Decipher a Line for school assighment

#3

Post by painisRelative » Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 10:52 AM UTC

looks to me like the distribution of characters follows the normal distribution of alphabetical characters.. i suspect its a substitution cypher