mystiko 0.1.0 → 0.1.1

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data/.gitignore

@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 /pkg/
 /spec/reports/
 /tmp/
+answer.txt
+key.txt

data/README.md

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Mystikó is both a ruby gem and a command line utility. In order to work
 with the encryption engine two things must be done:
 
  - An instance must be created. This is easily done with the new method.
+
+and then one of the following two options:
+
  - Encryption is done with the encrypt method and appropriate parameters.
  - Decryption is done with the decrypt method and appropriate parameters.
 
@@ -72,16 +75,17 @@ arguments or the "--help", "-h", or "-?" options.
      - If -r is specified, -i is ignored.
      - String data may be optionally enclosed in " ... "
 
-## Princples of Operation
+## Principles of Operation
 
 #### The Vernam Cypher
 
-The mystikó gem is a modified Vernam cypher. The classic approach to
-this type of cypher is to have a random string of data of the same length as
-the plain text data. The two streams of data are combined using the XOR
-operation. To recover the original data, the cypher data is again combined with
-the random data with the XOR operation. After one use, the random data is
-never reused.
+The mystikó gem is a modified Vernam cypher. The Vernam cypher works
+by taking a stream of input symbols and mapping them to output symbols. This
+mapping obscures the original data. The classic approach to this type of cypher
+is to have a random string of data of the same length as the plain text data.
+The two streams of data are combined using the XOR operation. To recover the
+original data, the cypher data is again combined with the random data with the
+XOR operation. After one use, the random data is never reused.
 
 This works because the XOR operator exhibits the following identity:
 
@@ -134,15 +138,20 @@ deal.
 #### The Scrambled Vernam Cypher
 
 To avoid the problems of the classical Vernam cypher, mystikó makes one
-significant change: The PRNG not only maps input symbols to output symbols, it
-also performs a controlled shuffle on those symbols.
+significant change: The Scrambled Vernam Cypher first performs a PRNG
+controlled shuffle on the symbols followed by a mapping of input symbols to
+output symbols.
 
-To recover data, in addition to anti-mapping the symbols, we need to perform a
-controlled anti-shuffle of the data.
+To recover data, the Scrambled Vernam Cypher decryption routine performs an
+anti-mapping of the symbols back to their original values followed by a
+controlled anti-shuffle of the data back to its original order.
 
 This data shuffling denies any would-be attacker knowledge of the order of the
 input data. Thus even with standard message headers, the content of the
-original message is no longer relevant.
+original message is (hopefully) no longer relevant.
+
+It remains to be seen if this is indeed the case. Comments, ideas,
+observations, and thoughts are welcomed. See below for contributing.
 
 #### References
 

data/challenge/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# The Mystikó Challenge
+
+In this folder you will find the challenge.bin file. This file contains the
+output of the mystico program. It is a encrypted version of a bit of text.
+
+The **Challenge?** **Crack** the **Code**; **Recover** the **Data**; If you can!
+
+Prizes? Well at present none beyond fame and notoriety. I will try and
+see if I can find a sponsor for something a little better and will update
+this note as more information and goodies become available.

data/irbt.rb

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # An IRB + mystiko test bed
 
 require 'irb'
-$force_alias_read_line_module = true
-require 'mini_readline'
 
 puts "Starting an IRB console with mystiko loaded."
 

data/lib/mystiko/version.rb

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 class Mystiko
   #The version of this encryption library.
-  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+  VERSION = "0.1.1"
 end

metadata

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: mystiko
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.1.0
+  version: 0.1.1
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - Peter Camilleri
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2016-06-14 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2016-08-30 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: fibonacci_rng
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ files:
 - LICENSE.txt
 - README.md
 - bin/mystiko
+- challenge/README.md
+- challenge/challenge.bin
 - irbt.rb
 - lib/mystiko.rb
 - lib/mystiko/decrypt.rb