{"id":3961,"date":"2018-11-28T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"podlove-2018-11-26t23:51:05+00:00-0863c7192d5c1d9"},"modified":"2018-11-26T19:02:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:02:37","slug":"episode-14-the-vic-cipher","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/2018\/11\/28\/episode-14-the-vic-cipher\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 14 &#8211; The VIC Cipher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"pwp4-wrapper intrinsic-ignore\" id=\"podlovewebplayer_4e5243ab94eac4d1e9cc1e6f34cd3f484748ef7f\" data-episode=\"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/2018\/11\/28\/episode-14-the-vic-cipher\/?podlove_action=pwp4_config\"><audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\">\n  <source src=\"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/podlove\/file\/49\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/otp014.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/>\n<\/audio><\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n<p>by Xinyi Zhang<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/files\/2018\/11\/Hollow_Nickel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3962\" src=\"http:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/files\/2018\/11\/Hollow_Nickel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>This episode explores the arguably most complex hand-generated cipher: the VIC cipher. Curious to know how? Tune in to learn about the mechanics of the VIC cipher, the breaking of this cipher and its role in history. It all starts with little Jimmy dropping his nickel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>References:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Columnar Transposition Cipher. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2018, from<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/practicalcryptography.com\/ciphers\/columnar-transposition-cipher\/\">http:\/\/practicalcryptography.com\/ciphers\/columnar-transposition-cipher\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dankovich, R. (2014). Handwritten Russian Cipher Stumps FBI. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from <a href=\"http:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/historical-crypto\/handwritten-russian-cipher-stumps-fbi\/\">http:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/historical-crypto\/handwritten-russian-cipher-stumps-fbi\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hollow Nickel\/Rudolph Abel. (2016, May 18). Retrieved October 30, 2018, from<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/history\/famous-cases\/hollow-nickel-rudolph-abel\">https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/history\/famous-cases\/hollow-nickel-rudolph-abel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khan, D. (2008, July 01). Number One From Moscow. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/practicalcryptography.com\/ciphers\/columnar-transposition-cipher\/\">https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/kent-csi\/vol5no4\/html\/v05i4a09p_0001.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simmons, G. J. (2011, May 10). Transposition Cipher. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/practicalcryptography.com\/ciphers\/columnar-transposition-cipher\/\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/transposition-cipher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Straddle Checkerboard Cipher. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2018, from<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/practicalcryptography.com\/ciphers\/columnar-transposition-cipher\/\">http:\/\/practicalcryptography.com\/ciphers\/straddle-checkerboard-cipher\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Music Sources:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundjay.com\/typewriter-sounds.html\">Typewriter Sounds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/soundbible.com\/1573-DTMF-Tones.html\">Phone Dialing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royaltyfreemusicforfree.com\">In Another Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangefreesounds.com\">In the Orange Garden <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangefreesounds.com\">Zen Spring <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangefreesounds.com\">Sunrise <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangefreesounds.com\">Zen Stone <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reading of Numbers by Jerry Ji<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special thanks to Jerry Ji, JoJo Dong, and Leah Strickland for script edits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3961","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episodes\/3961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episodes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episodes\/3961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3963,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episodes\/3961\/revisions\/3963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derekbruff.org\/blogs\/fywscrypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}