[Source](http://www.umich.edu/~umich/fm-34-40-2/ "Permalink to FM 34-40-2 Basic Cryptanalysis") # FM 34-40-2 Basic Cryptanalysis # Basic Cryptanalysis *FM 34-40-2 FIELD MANUAL NO 34-40-2 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Washington, DC, 13 September 1990 The original for this came from [here][1] on Tue Dec 17 01:21:11 EST 1996. There are two formats here, the original [PDF][2] format files, and derived [ These are in Adobe (PDF) format. These are readable with the Adobe Acrobat viewer from [Adobe Systems Incorporated][3]. If Acrobat isn't available for your system, you might try [xpdf][4], a PDF viewer for X You can either get all the parts at once, [gzipped and tarred][5], or piecewise: ][6] * [table of contents][7] * [preface][8] * [intro][9] * [authorization][10] part one - introduction to cryptanalysis * [chapter 1 ][11] * [chapter 2][12] part two - monographic substitution systems * [chapter 3][13] monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using standard cipher alphabets * [chapter 4][14] monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using mixed cipher alphabets * [chapter 5][15] monoalphabetic multiliteral substitution systems part three - polygraphic substitution systems * [chapter 6][16] characteristics of polygraphic substitution systems * [chapter 7][17] solution of polygraphic substitution systems polyalphabetic substitution systems * [chapter 8][18] periodic polyalphabetic substitution systems * [chapter 9][19] solution of periodic polyalphabetic systems * [chapter 10][20] aperiodic polyalphabetic ciphers part five - transposition systems * [chapter 11 ][21] types of transposition systems * [chapter 12 ][22] solution of numerically-keyed columnar transposition ciphers * [chapter 13 ][23] transposition special solutions part six - analysis of code systems * [chapter 14 ][24] types of code systems * [chapter 15 ][25] analysis of syllabary spelling * [appendix A ][26] frequency distributions of english digraphs * [appendix B ][27] frequency distributions of english trigraphs * [appendix C ][28] frequency distributions of english tetragraphs * [appendix D ][29] word and pattern tables * [appendix E ][30] utility tables * [appendix F ][31] cryptanalysis support program * [glossary][32] * [references][33] * [index][34] * * * Here they are in postscript. 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You can either get all the parts at once, [gzipped and tarred][35], or piecewise: * [table of contents][36] * [preface][37] * [intro][38] * [authorization][39] part one - introduction to cryptanalysis * [chapter 1 ][40] * [chapter 2][41] part two - monographic substitution systems * [chapter 3][42] monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using standard cipher alphabets * [chapter 4][43] monoalphabetic uniliteral substitution systems using mixed cipher alphabets * [chapter 5][44] monoalphabetic multiliteral substitution systems part three - polygraphic substitution systems * [chapter 6][45] characteristics of polygraphic substitution systems * [chapter 7][46] solution of polygraphic substitution systems polyalphabetic substitution systems * [chapter 8][47] periodic polyalphabetic substitution systems * [chapter 9][48] solution of periodic polyalphabetic systems * [chapter 10][49] aperiodic polyalphabetic ciphers part five - transposition systems * [chapter 11 ][50] types of transposition systems * [chapter 12 ][51] solution of numerically-keyed columnar transposition ciphers * [chapter 13 ][52] transposition special solutions part six - analysis of code systems * [chapter 14 ][53] types of code systems * [chapter 15 ][54] analysis of syllabary spelling * [appendix A ][55] frequency distributions of english digraphs * [appendix B ][56] frequency distributions of english trigraphs * [appendix C ][57] frequency distributions of english tetragraphs * [appendix D ][58] word and pattern tables * [appendix E ][59] utility tables * [appendix F ][60] cryptanalysis support program * [glossary][61] * [references][62] * [index][63] Enjoy! * * * ### Contact Information mdw + /afs/umich.edu/user/m/d/mdw + mdw@umich.edu [1]: http://www.atsc-army.org/cgi-win/$atdl.exe/fm/34-40-2/default.htm [2]: http://www.umich.edu#pdf [3]: http://www.adobe.com/ [4]: http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/dn0o/xpdf/xpdf.html [5]: http://www.umich.edu/pdf.tar.gz [6]: [7]: http://www.umich.edu/toc.pdf [8]: http://www.umich.edu/pref.pdf [9]: http://www.umich.edu/intro.pdf [10]: http://www.umich.edu/auth.pdf [11]: http://www.umich.edu/ch1.pdf [12]: http://www.umich.edu/ch2.pdf [13]: http://www.umich.edu/ch3.pdf [14]: http://www.umich.edu/ch4.pdf [15]: http://www.umich.edu/ch5.pdf [16]: http://www.umich.edu/ch6.pdf [17]: http://www.umich.edu/ch7.pdf [18]: http://www.umich.edu/ch8.pdf [19]: http://www.umich.edu/ch9.pdf [20]: http://www.umich.edu/ch10.pdf [21]: http://www.umich.edu/ch11.pdf [22]: http://www.umich.edu/ch12.pdf [23]: http://www.umich.edu/ch13.pdf [24]: http://www.umich.edu/ch14.pdf [25]: http://www.umich.edu/ch15.pdf [26]: http://www.umich.edu/appa.pdf [27]: http://www.umich.edu/appb.pdf [28]: http://www.umich.edu/appc.pdf [29]: http://www.umich.edu/appd.pdf [30]: http://www.umich.edu/appe.pdf [31]: http://www.umich.edu/appf.pdf [32]: http://www.umich.edu/gloss.pdf [33]: http://www.umich.edu/ref.pdf [34]: http://www.umich.edu/index.pdf [35]: http://www.umich.edu/ps.tar.gz [36]: http://www.umich.edu/toc.ps [37]: http://www.umich.edu/pref.ps [38]: http://www.umich.edu/intro.ps [39]: http://www.umich.edu/auth.ps [40]: http://www.umich.edu/ch1.ps [41]: http://www.umich.edu/ch2.ps [42]: http://www.umich.edu/ch3.ps [43]: http://www.umich.edu/ch4.ps [44]: http://www.umich.edu/ch5.ps [45]: http://www.umich.edu/ch6.ps [46]: http://www.umich.edu/ch7.ps [47]: http://www.umich.edu/ch8.ps [48]: http://www.umich.edu/ch9.ps [49]: http://www.umich.edu/ch10.ps [50]: http://www.umich.edu/ch11.ps [51]: http://www.umich.edu/ch12.ps [52]: http://www.umich.edu/ch13.ps [53]: http://www.umich.edu/ch14.ps [54]: http://www.umich.edu/ch15.ps [55]: http://www.umich.edu/appa.ps [56]: http://www.umich.edu/appb.ps [57]: http://www.umich.edu/appc.ps [58]: http://www.umich.edu/appd.ps [59]: http://www.umich.edu/appe.ps [60]: http://www.umich.edu/appf.ps [61]: http://www.umich.edu/gloss.ps [62]: http://www.umich.edu/ref.ps [63]: http://www.umich.edu/index.ps