symmetric Archives - Anton Hoyer https://antonhoyer.com/tag/symmetric/ Nerdy creations with numbers, words, sounds, and pixels Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:56:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://antonhoyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-baboon-lightbulb-512px-32x32.png symmetric Archives - Anton Hoyer https://antonhoyer.com/tag/symmetric/ 32 32 Caqr https://antonhoyer.com/caqr/ https://antonhoyer.com/caqr/#respond Sun, 15 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=2112 For a long time, I was unsure whether I even wanted to write about this project or simply sweep it under the rug. Because what is the best advice for someone who wants to develop a modern and secure cryptosystem? Don’t do it. Nobody needs it. There are plenty of fast, secure, elegantly simple, and […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/caqr/feed/ 0 Boonish https://antonhoyer.com/boonish/ https://antonhoyer.com/boonish/#respond Sun, 01 Oct 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=1085 “Teo! Tėp? Gōa bȧognā bōoo lā’hēo. Gȯo hoȧ haān’bȧan? Mēp-bla” — William S. Burroughs Background This substitution cipher was inspired by the hallucinatory writings found in AI-generated images. Typically, the AI attempts to integrate words from the user prompt into the image, often inventing new words or even letters. To an outsider like myself, those […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/boonish/feed/ 0 Bridgeman https://antonhoyer.com/bridgeman/ https://antonhoyer.com/bridgeman/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=935 This encryption method is based on a standard deck of 52 cards and can be used with pen and paper or a computer. The default order of the deck is clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥), spades (♠). Within each suit, the cards are ordered as ace (A), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (0), jack (J), queen (Q), king (K). […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/bridgeman/feed/ 0 Lexigraph https://antonhoyer.com/lexigraph/ https://antonhoyer.com/lexigraph/#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=996 This symmetric encryption method is based on a dictionary, technically making it a nomenclator cipher. In fact, any digital dictionary can be used, the larger the better. I work with one that consists of several smaller dictionaries from various sources and contains 466,480 words in total. Consequently, the resulting ciphertexts are a jumble of different […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/lexigraph/feed/ 0 Speedcube https://antonhoyer.com/speedcube/ https://antonhoyer.com/speedcube/#respond Mon, 30 May 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=923 Plaintext “In secret, I gaze at you, behold something holy. But this time a song won’t do to ground my soul.” IN SECRET I GAZE AT YOU BEHOLD SOMETHING HOLY BUT THIS TIME A SONG WONT DO TO GROUND MY SOUL Solved cube This substitution cipher was inspired by the Rubik’s Cube, a popular 3D […]

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