So if the 4th part of Kryptos is 98 characters after all, then what is the most likely candidate for a superenciphering additive?
Well, 98 factors into several sets but 7×14 is the most logical to me simply because KRYPTOS is 7-letters long. What could be easier than adding (or subtracting) kryptos mod26 from the ciphertext of K4 to mask the linguistic characteristics?
I even included your very own spreadsheet with K4 and KRYPTOS as numbers if you wanted to do it yourself!-Kryptosfan
| 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | additive or subtractive | ||||||||||||
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| 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 |
| 2 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
| 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 |
| 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 16 |
| 19 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
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Tagged: additive, k4, kryptos, subtractive, superencipherment
