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U.S. Army Guide to Code Breaking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the terces-egassem-seog-ereh dept.

sebFlyte writes "From the introduction of this document, the U.S. Army's field manual guide to Cryptanalysis: 'This manual presents the basic principles and techniques of cryptanalysts and their relation to cryptography. Cryptanalytics is the art and science of solving unknown codes and ciphers.'"

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  1. call stephenson by rootofevil · · Score: 4, Funny

    they found the cryptonomicon

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  2. Yes, however... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    ...you know what they say about "military intelligence".

    Private : Sir! I found this, it may be a clue. Should I consult the field manual to cryptopgraphy?
    Sergeant : "Gur jrncbaf bs znff qrfgehpgvba ner va Fnqqnz'f Onfrzrag"? [crumpling paper] These are obviously the scribblings of a madman, Private. Get back to your patrol!

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    1. Re:Yes, however... by XMyth · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yvxr gurl qvqa'g ybbx gurer!

    2. Re:Yes, however... by GrAfFiT · · Score: 5, Funny

      For those who are too lazy, this is ROT13 for "The weapons of mass destruction are in Saddam's Basement"

    3. Re:Yes, however... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

      Private : Sir! I found this, it may be a clue. Should I consult the field manual to cryptopgraphy?

      Sargeant: "histay siay aay ecretay essagemay"? Yes, private. Consult the manual. Obviously this is beyond our capabilities.

    4. Re:Yes, however... by mspohr · · Score: 2, Funny

      I've always enjoyed the road sign on the GW Parkway to the "George Bush Center for Intelligence". This is, of course, Bush the elder. His son has his own view of the world: "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." -- George W. Bush /Mark

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    5. Re:Yes, however... by silence535 · · Score: 2, Funny


      And yet another reason why ROT13 is inferior to double ROT13: inconvenience.

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    6. Re:Yes, however... by eyegor · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, that should be:
      iah hsmihjjl emyy waay baoh ujauyj, pnh baij yavuyjg onpohmhnhmal vmusjio mo pjdalt hsj ijcvs aw baoh oycostahhjio. hsj cibd bclncy mo a zaat uycvj ha zjh ohcihjt

      I really hate typos.

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  3. Light reading by Deekin_Scalesinger · · Score: 5, Funny

    A sneak peek at chapter 7:

    Solution of polygraphic substitution systems polyalphabetic substitution systems

    and that's just the title. Pack a lunch for this one...

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  4. Let's set them loose by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's set them loose on Bill Gate's Doodle. It's worth an $800,000 Pentagon contract, init?

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  5. US Army Guide to Everything. by k4_pacific · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it moves, shoot it.

    If it doesn't move, pick it up.

    If you can't pick it up, paint it.

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    1. Re:US Army Guide to Everything. by MooseByte · · Score: 3, Funny


      If it yells when you try to paint it, salute it.

  6. don't worry by kc0re · · Score: 2, Funny

    speaking from experiance of a military individual.. Army Cryptographers don't even read this manual ;)

  7. ASVAB by SadButTrue · · Score: 2, Funny

    so people that find the ASVAB challenging are supposed to read and understand this? I sure hope there are some civilians in the mix somewhere.

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  8. Re:Usrh, dp? by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nf! Ufhs h8g3j fkd Ud6gjf k fg45gf fski w0ot!

  9. doesn't matter by c0p0n · · Score: 2, Funny

    the title of the book is encrypted anyways. Don't expect that the military intelligence will be able to break _that_

    Wait... Military intelligence?!?

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  10. Code Breaker by nsaspook · · Score: 2, Funny

    A couple of hot hookers and a lot of booze.

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  11. from the terces-egassem-seog-ereh dept by ultramk · · Score: 2, Funny

    hey, I didn't know Taco was Welsh!

    m-

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  12. Re:Distribution Restriction by nyekulturniy · · Score: 2, Funny

    The rule of thumb we used for FOUO was "Don't keep it in plain sight and don't tell anyone you have it, but if someone asks specifically for it, you can show it."

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  13. Re:USMC Guide to Everything. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it moves, fuck it or kill it.

    If it doesn't move, it's not your problem. Let the army deal with it...

  14. Whose weapons? by RedLaggedTeut · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you use a ROT-13 bookmarklet (google for it, maybe at E2), you will find that the parent is correct.

    Does anyone else find it funny that the army includes a table of the probability of english letters, i.e. di-and trigraphs in the document? What are they planning on, war with the British ;-)

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