[Cryptography] Historic Codebreaking.

[Gerard Cheshire]

From: Sidney Markowitz <sidney at sidney.com>
Sent: 23 January 2019 20:20:41
To: cryptography at metzdowd.com
Cc: Gerard Cheshire
Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Historic Codebreaking.


Gerard Cheshire wrote on 24/01/19 12:19 AM:
> Fellow Cryptography Listers,
>
> Those of you interested in historic codes and ciphers may wish to know that
> the codex of manuscript MS408 (Voynich) has been decrypted. A
> peer-reviewed paper is due to be formally published in a journal in 2019.


Does anyone here have the expertise (I certainly don't) to say whether this
latest discovery is a credible one, or might it be another of those "every few
months" articles?


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Re: [Cryptography] Historic Codebreaking.


Hi Sidney,

In reply: You are all rather late arrivals I'm afraid, as the solution was found early 2017 - my apologies for not finding your mailing list earlier.


The solution is certainly correct and thoroughly tested. A more comprehensive article has now been peer-reviewed ready for publishing in a journal in 2019. A formal announcement will be made in due course.


It has been highly amusing to witness people's reactions mind you. Had the manuscript first been found recently then no one would have blinked an eye at the solution. As it is, the manuscript has garnered a curious reputation for being mysterious and impossible, but only because many people have failed to decipher it for so long.


It turned out to be an extinct language and an unknown writing system - quite simple really, in hindsight. 'Hiding in plain sight' as they say.


Regards,

Gerard.

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