CORE 139 Methods and Issues in Cryptology Spring 2004

Index of Coincidence Tool

Enter the text to be analyzed in the "ciphertext" box. Click "index of coincidence" to compute the index of coincidence for the entire text. To verify that breaking the ciphertext down into a number of columns leads to monoalphabetic ciphers for each column, enter the number of columns in the "period" box and click "test period". The output shows the index of coincidence for each column graphically and numerically.

ciphertext:
type of analysis:
Compute the index of coincidence for the entire text. The values are shown to the right. index of coincidence:
Split the text into the number of columns specified by the value of "period" and compute the index of coincidence for each. A summary chart is shown below ("R" shows the monoalphabetic value, "P" the polyalphabetic, and "I" is the computed index of coincidence). period:
index of coincidence by column:


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