Project Title
This is a Python program to solve K4 of Jim Sanborn’s “Kryptos” sculpture, which is located at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Some resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos (Wiki page for the sculpture) http://patrickkellogg.com/kryptos/ (My introductory slide decks on cryptography) https://github.com/patrickkellogg/Kryptos (GitHub code for this project)
Getting Started
Download the Python code and associated files, and run them on your local machine.
Prerequisites
This program needs the following files: k4.py words.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 patrickkellogg registered_users 8100 Oct 20 22:46 k4.py -rw-rw-r-- 1 patrickkellogg registered_users 2493109 Sep 14 20:35 words.txt
Installing
Create a directory for the krypton code, and copy the two necessary files.
~ $ mkdir kryptos ~ $ cp k4.py kryptos/ ~ $ cp words.txt kryptos/
To run the program, use the python interpreter, and redirect the output to a file if desired.
~/kryptos $ python k4.py > outputfile
Built With
• Python - Runs on all versions
• Jupyter Notebook - Dependency Management
Contributing
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
Versioning
This project is not currently being versioned.
Authors
• Patrick Kellogg - Initial work - PatrickKellogg
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details
Acknowledgments
• Thor Stockman (my husband and partner)
• Elonka Dunin, creator of an excellent webpage on Kryptos