Introduction

• Propose by Émile Victor Théodore Myszkowski

• Variant form of columnar transposition
• Utilizes a key with duplicate letters
 History
• The Myszkowski Cipher was one of the popular Classical Ciphers created by
Émile Victor Théodore Myszkowski, a retired colonel from the French
Military and he published through a book he wrote "Cryptographie
indéchiffrable" in 1902. This cipher was named after his name, Myszkowski.
 Methode
• Make a sequence of letters which appear first (arrange as numbers, all the
same numbers are given the same number)
• Select the message to be encoded, enter it in the order in the column
provided.
 Example
• Plaintext : TENTUKAN PRIORITAS ANDA SEBAB KITA TIDAK
DAPAT MENGERJAKAN SEMUANYA X.
• Key : BOROBUDUR (9 Column)
• Encoding process :
1(B) 3(O) 4(R) 3(O) 1(B) 5(U) 2(D) 5(U) 4(R)
T E N T U K A N P
R I O R I T A S A
N D A S E B A B K
I T A T I D A K D
A P A T M E N G E
R J A K A N S E M
U A N Y A X
1(B) 1(B) 2(D) 3(O) 3(O) 4(R) 4(R) 5(U) 5(U)
T U A E T N P K N
R I A I R O A T S
N E A D S A K B B
I I A T T A D D K
A M N P T A E E G
R A S J K A M N E
U A A Y N X
• Final result :

• TURINEIIAMRAUAAAAANSETIR
DSTTPTJKAYNPOAAKADAEAMN
KNTSBBDKEGNEX.
 Decription
TURINEIIAMRAUAAAAANSETIRDSTTPTJKA
YNPOAAKADAEAMNKNTSBBDKEGNEX.
1(B) 3(O) 4(R) 3(O) 1(B) 5(U) 2(D) 5(U) 4(R)
T E N T U K A N P
R I O R I T A S A
N D A S E B A B K
I T A T I D A K D
A P A T M E N G E
R J A K A N S E M
U A N Y A X
• Final result :

• TENTUKANPRIORITASANDASEBABKITATIDAKDAPATMENGERJAKANS
EMUANYAX.
 Weakness of myszkowski
• Weakness of Myszkowski Cipher is this cipher only randomize the order of
the characters and don’t change the characters into other form. Which makes
the plaintext has same characters as it’s ciphertextbut only the form that
different, this thing could become a leak that this ciphertext used one
oftransposition ciphers, when Myszkowski Cipher is one of them. That
makes this cipher can be weaken bytrying to use all kind transposition
ciphers one by one to the ciphertext.