190 http://inventwithpython.com/hacking

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When the hacker program has found a likely correct decryption, it will pause and wait for the user
to press “D” and then Enter. If the decryption is a false positive, the user can just press Enter and
the program will continue to try other keys.

Run the program again and skip the correct decryption by just pressing Enter. The program
assumes that it was not a correct decryption and continues brute-forcing through the other
possible keys. Eventually the program runs through all the possible keys and then gives up,
telling the user that it was unable to hack the ciphertext:

Trying key #757...
Trying key #758...
Trying key #759...
Trying key #760...
Trying key #761...
Failed to hack encryption.

How the Program Works..........................................................................................................................................

transpositionHacker.py

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   Transposition Cipher Hacker

   
   


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   http://inventwithpython.com/hacking (BSD Licensed)

   
   


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4. import pyperclip, detectEnglish, transpositionDecrypt

The transposition hacker program is under 50 lines of code because much of it exists in other
programs. Several modules are imported on line 4.

Multi-line Strings with Triple Quotes

transpositionHacker.py

6. def main():


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   You might want to copy & paste this text from the source code at

   
   


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   http://invpy.com/transpositionHacker.py

   
   


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