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Re: Re: Vigenere Cipher: Encode and Decodeby grinder (Bishop) |
on Jan 28, 2002 at 19:07 UTC ( [id://142065]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The cypher was invented by one Blaise de Vignere. In English, you would pronounce his last name as roughly vin-yeah. hmm, no, actually, that is wrong. It is Vigénère. No lesser authority than Bruce Schneier, in Applied Cryptography has it this way. I should have checked there first. Oh well, if I ever run into the teacher who taught it that way, I'll be sure to update him. For what it's worth, the name would be pronounced visj-en-air, where the sj sound is like the s in Asia or measure. Man I hate when this happens --g r i n d e r
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Re: Re: Re: Vigenere Cipher: Encode and Decode
by stefp (Vicar) on Feb 02, 2002 at 01:17 UTC |
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