Gerard Cheshire wrote on 24/01/19 12:19 AM: > Fellow Cryptography Listers, > > Those of you interested in historic codes and ciphers may wish to know that > the codex of manuscript MS408 (Voynich) has been decrypted. A > peer-reviewed paper is due to be formally published in a journal in 2019. A quote from the sidebar of the subreddit /r/voynich Every few months there's a new article on how the VM has been deciphered. This is not true. Read the following for more information. https://skeptoid.com/blog/2017/09/08/yet-another-voynich-manuscript-solution/ Does anyone here have the expertise (I certainly don't) to say whether this latest discovery is a credible one, or might it be another of those "every few months" articles? _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

From: Sidney Markowitz <sidney@sidney.com> Sent: 23 January 2019 20:20:41 To: cryptography@metzdowd.com Cc: Gerard Cheshire Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Historic Codebreaking. Gerard Cheshire wrote on 24/01/19 12:19 AM: > Fellow Cryptography Listers, > > Those of you interested in historic codes and ciphers may wish to know that > the codex of manuscript MS408 (Voynich) has been decrypted. A > peer-reviewed paper is due to be formally published in a journal in 2019. Does anyone here have the expertise (I certainly don't) to say whether this latest discovery is a credible one, or might it be another of those "every few months" articles? ******************************************************************************************************* Re: [Cryptography] Historic Codebreaking. Hi Sidney, In reply: You are all rather late arrivals I'm afraid, as the solution was found early 2017 - my apologies for not finding your mailing list earlier. The solution is certainly correct and thoroughly tested. A more comprehensive article has now been peer-reviewed ready for publishing in a journal in 2019. A formal announcement will be made in due course. It has been highly amusing to witness people's reactions mind you. Had the manuscript first been found recently then no one would have blinked an eye at the solution. As it is, the manuscript has garnered a curious reputation for being mysterious and impossible, but only because many people have failed to decipher it for so long. It turned out to be an extinct language and an unknown writing system - quite simple really, in hindsight. 'Hiding in plain sight' as they say. Regards, Gerard. _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

Sidney Markowitz <sidney@sidney.com> writes: >Does anyone here have the expertise (I certainly don't) to say whether this >latest discovery is a credible one, or might it be another of those "every >few months" articles? Given that it produces translated sentences like "abandon, suffering, inform, agreeably, their, out, dew, unites, below, for, nourishing, tool" and "turning, hurt, healing, from, turn, fortune, it goes, tame, from, nourishment, from, mothers, it is, things-fluid, for, holy, more, acquire, from", I'm going to go for the "every few months" answer. Peter. _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:05:54AM +0000, Peter Gutmann wrote: > Sidney Markowitz <sidney@sidney.com> writes: > > >Does anyone here have the expertise (I certainly don't) to say whether this > >latest discovery is a credible one, or might it be another of those "every > >few months" articles? > > Given that it produces translated sentences like "abandon, suffering, inform, > agreeably, their, out, dew, unites, below, for, nourishing, tool" and > "turning, hurt, healing, from, turn, fortune, it goes, tame, from, > nourishment, from, mothers, it is, things-fluid, for, holy, more, acquire, > from", I'm going to go for the "every few months" answer. Perhaps Voynich was the first beat poet? _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography