Day
Topics
Read BEFORE class
HW
Monday Substitution ciphers 2.3 2.3 # 2, 4, 5
Tuesday (Continued) 2.3 # 7, 9, 8b (that is, author a short paragraph without our common most typographic symbol!)
Wednesday Transposition ciphers 2.4 2.4 # 3, 6, 7
Thursday Enjoy the Holiday!
Friday The Code Book discussion 2.2, Chapter 2 of The Code Book Codeword Steganograph Challenge, see below


Codeword Steganograph Challenge:
First read this blog entry:
HERE
Then duplicating the process, but for the frequencies 5 then 3 (instead of 4 then 7), and with a 3x3 square (instead of 3x5) make a paragraph concealing the message:
JIM JONES PLANS MASS SUICIDE SEND ARMED HELP IMMEDIATELY
Follow the inband signal conventions (the first three) listed on the blog, and write as if you were a happy member of Jonestown writing a postcard home. (You needn't do much research: Jonestown was a religious community in Guyana, the details can be totally made up).