/// <summary>
/// Returns the best key using the caesar cipher
/// </summary>
/// <param name="str">Ciphertext.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Dictionary <char, char> CheckCaesar(String str)
{
Quadgram_Analysis analysis = new Quadgram_Analysis();
Dictionary <char, char> key = null;
double bestFitness = -99999;
String alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
for (int amt = 1; amt < 26; amt++)
{
//shift each character of the string "amt" number of letters
String shiftedString = Shift(str, amt);
//test the fitness of this shifted string
double curFitness = analysis.TestKeyFitness(GetQuadgrams(shiftedString));
if (curFitness > bestFitness)
{
//builds a key from this shift if it's the best we've seen
key = new Dictionary <char, char>();
//we know the key for the shift, so we're going to go trhough the alphabet and
//shift each character the correct amount to build a key
for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++)
{
//a bit of a hack, but to utilize the shift() method on characters,
//converts the char to a string, and converts it back to a char array
//since it's only a character, we know the answer is in index 0
char[] shiftedChar = Shift(alphabet[i].ToString(), amt).ToCharArray();
key.Add(alphabet[i], shiftedChar[0]);
}
bestFitness = curFitness;
}
}
return(key);
}
public static String Decipher(String encStr)
{
Quadgram_Analysis analysis = new Quadgram_Analysis();
Dictionary <char, char> parentKey = GenerateRandomKey();
HashSet <String> testedKeys = new HashSet <String>();
testedKeys.Add(ReadKey(parentKey));
double fitness = analysis.TestKeyFitness(GetQuadgrams(DecipherMessageUsingKey(parentKey, encStr)));
String message = encStr.ToString();
double highest = -999999;
double absHighest = -99999;
int tries = 0;
int abs = 0;
String thisMessage = null;
String retMessage = null;
while (abs < 15)
{
thisMessage = null;
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
{
Dictionary <char, char> childKey = new Dictionary <char, char>(parentKey);
do
{
SwapTwoLetters(childKey);
} while (testedKeys.Contains(ReadKey(childKey)));
String currentMessage = DecipherMessageUsingKey(childKey, message);
double newFitness = 0;
newFitness = analysis.TestKeyFitness(GetQuadgrams(currentMessage));
if (newFitness > fitness)
{
fitness = newFitness;
parentKey = new Dictionary <char, char>(childKey);
thisMessage = currentMessage;
}
testedKeys.Add(ReadKey(childKey));
}
//Console.WriteLine(fitness);
if (fitness > highest)
{
tries = 0;
highest = fitness;
retMessage = thisMessage;
Console.WriteLine(thisMessage + " " + fitness);
if (fitness > absHighest)
{
absHighest = fitness;
abs++;
Console.WriteLine(abs);
}
}
else if (fitness == highest || fitness < highest)
{
tries++;
//Console.WriteLine(++tries);
do
{
parentKey = GenerateRandomKey();
} while (testedKeys.Contains(ReadKey(parentKey)));
fitness = analysis.TestKeyFitness(GetQuadgrams(DecipherMessageUsingKey(parentKey, encStr)));
//stuck at local max
if (tries > 100)
{
Console.WriteLine("hit local max");
highest = -99999;
}
}
//tries++;
}
return(retMessage);
}
/// <summary>
/// Deciphers ciphertext using a hill climbing algorithm.
///
/// Algorithm orginally explained at
/// http://practicalcryptography.com/cryptanalysis/stochastic-searching/cryptanalysis-simple-substitution-cipher/
///
/// Has a difference that rather than randomly switching letters, it switches letters iteratively.
/// Read somewhere that was slightly better, also gives a clearer point where to stop.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="encStr"></param>
/// <returns>Returns a char-char dictionary giving the algorithm's
/// best guess for the key. Each key relates to it's corresponding
/// ciphertext character. </returns>
public static Dictionary <char, char> Decipher(String encStr)
{
HashSet <String> testedKeys = new HashSet <string>();
Quadgram_Analysis analysis = new Quadgram_Analysis();
Dictionary <char, char> retKey = null;
//we're going to get the best ceasar key and fitness for future use
Dictionary <char, char> caesarKey = CheckCaesar(encStr);
double caesarFitness = analysis.TestKeyFitness(GetQuadgrams(DecipherMessageUsingKey(caesarKey, encStr)));
//best fitness we've encountered
double bestFitness = -99999;
//number of times we've encountered the best fitness
int bestFitnesses = 0;
for (int k = 0; k < 1000; k++)
{
//generate a random key and check its fitness
Dictionary <char, char> key = GenerateRandomKey();
double fitness = analysis.TestKeyFitness(GetQuadgrams(DecipherMessageUsingKey(key, encStr)));
//determines if we've found a better key for this key
bool betterKeyFound;
do
{
betterKeyFound = false;
/*
* We're going to loop through the key and test all possible "shuffles" of this key,
* in which we switch each letter with every other letter and see what the fitness is.
* If the fitness is better, then we will go with that key and continue switching letters.
*/
for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++)
{
for (int j = 1; j < 26; j++)
{
//switch letters
KeyValuePair <char, char> temp = key.ElementAt(i);
KeyValuePair <char, char> temp1 = key.ElementAt(j);
key[temp.Key] = temp1.Value;
key[temp1.Key] = temp.Value;
//get the fitness of this new message
double newFitness = analysis.TestKeyFitness(GetQuadgrams(DecipherMessageUsingKey(key, encStr)));
if (newFitness > fitness)
{
betterKeyFound = true;
fitness = newFitness;
if (fitness > bestFitness)
{
bestFitness = fitness;
bestFitnesses = 1;
retKey = key;
}
else if (fitness == bestFitness)
{
/*if we've hit the same best fitness 3 times and it's
* better than any caesar fitness we've seen, we'll assume that's
* probably the best guess, and we'll end the algorithm.
*/
if (++bestFitnesses == 3 && bestFitness > caesarFitness)
{
return(key);
}
}
}
else
{
/*
* Otherwise, we did not get a better key with this switch, so let's
* revert the changes back.
*/
key[temp.Key] = temp.Value;
key[temp1.Key] = temp1.Value;
}
}
}
/*
* If it ISN'T a caesar cipher, the caesar fitness should be terrible
* and we should've found a better fitness through this algorithm
* by now. Thus, if we've tried 650 keys and NONE of them are better than
* the caesar cipher....it's probably a caesar cipher.
*/
if ((bestFitness < caesarFitness))
{
return(caesarKey);
}
} while (betterKeyFound);
}
return(retKey);
}