fix(wpcarro/cryptopals): Update cleartext scoring algorithm

Create a frequency table of alphabetic characters by reading each character in
"Alice in Wonderland"; use this frequency table to score cleartext when decoding
ciphers.

Change-Id: Id322af64d792c15231a1a02794f396c46196c207
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/4788
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
Reviewed-by: wpcarro <wpcarro@gmail.com>
Autosubmit: wpcarro <wpcarro@gmail.com>
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William Carroll 2022-01-04 12:42:30 -08:00 committed by clbot
parent 7ab4493c75
commit 7aaddb3d31
3 changed files with 45 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -2,11 +2,22 @@ import c3
content = None
with open('4.txt', 'r') as f:
c3.decode_cipher
content = f.read().splitlines()
if not content:
raise Error("Need content to proceed")
xs = []
for line in content:
try:
print(c3.decode_cipher(line))
x = c3.decode_cipher(line)
if x: xs.append(x)
except:
continue
freqs = c3.frequency_table()
print(max(xs, key=lambda x: c3.score(x, freqs)))
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# Answer
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"Now that the party is jumping"