Modern Cryptanalysis of Classical Ciphers Using Genetic Algorithms 🧬

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In this video, we show the basics of cryptology (cryptology = cryptography and cryptanalysis).

This video here shows how the genetic algorithm can be used to break classical ciphers. Compared to brute-force attacks, genetic algorithm-based attacks reduce the search space drastically, but do not find the correct key every time. We discuss how the genetic algorithm algorithm works for cryptanalyzing columnar transposition ciphers. Finally, we show different solvers for classical ciphers, which internally use the genetic algorithm, implemented in CrypTool 2.

To see all videos in the "Basics of Cryptology" series, use this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMuvAbyIl0PT6zaRVpK0FCSNMgwAOckTt

If you are interested in details about CrypTool 2, you may have a look at this video here, which gives a short introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dELT2-Vgsr8

Finally, you may download the latest version of CrypTool 2 here: https://www.cryptool.org/en/ct2/downloads Like what I do 😄? Help fuel my crypto obsession 🎓 — buy me a coffee here☕— thx: https://buymeacoffee.com/cryptographyforeverybody