Basic Cryptanalysis

*FM 34-40-2

FIELD MANUAL
NO 34-40-2 HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Washington, DC, 13 September 1990

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table of contents
preface
intro
authorization
part one - introduction to cryptanalysis
chapter 1
chapter 2
part two - monographic substitution systems
chapter 3 monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using standard cipher alphabets
chapter 4 monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using mixed cipher alphabets
chapter 5 monoalphabetic multiliteral substitution systems part three - polygraphic substitution systems
chapter 6 characteristics of polygraphic substitution systems
chapter 7 solution of polygraphic substitution systems polyalphabetic substitution systems
chapter 8 periodic polyalphabetic substitution systems
chapter 9 solution of periodic polyalphabetic systems
chapter 10 aperiodic polyalphabetic ciphers
part five - transposition systems
chapter 11 types of transposition systems
chapter 12 solution of numerically-keyed columnar transposition ciphers
chapter 13 transposition special solutions
part six - analysis of code systems
chapter 14 types of code systems
chapter 15 analysis of syllabary spelling
appendix A frequency distributions of english digraphs
appendix B frequency distributions of english trigraphs
appendix C frequency distributions of english tetragraphs
appendix D word and pattern tables
appendix E utility tables
appendix F cryptanalysis support program
glossary
references
index

You can either get all the parts at once, gzipped and tarred, or piecewise:

table of contents
preface
intro
authorization
part one - introduction to cryptanalysis
chapter 1
chapter 2
part two - monographic substitution systems
chapter 3 monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using standard cipher alphabets
chapter 4 monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using mixed cipher alphabets
chapter 5 monoalphabetic multiliteral substitution systems part three - polygraphic substitution systems
chapter 6 characteristics of polygraphic substitution systems
chapter 7 solution of polygraphic substitution systems polyalphabetic substitution systems
chapter 8 periodic polyalphabetic substitution systems
chapter 9 solution of periodic polyalphabetic systems
chapter 10 aperiodic polyalphabetic ciphers
part five - transposition systems
chapter 11 types of transposition systems
chapter 12 solution of numerically-keyed columnar transposition ciphers
chapter 13 transposition special solutions
part six - analysis of code systems
chapter 14 types of code systems
chapter 15 analysis of syllabary spelling
appendix A frequency distributions of english digraphs
appendix B frequency distributions of english trigraphs
appendix C frequency distributions of english tetragraphs
appendix D word and pattern tables
appendix E utility tables
appendix F cryptanalysis support program
glossary
references
index

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