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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: The lost key
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 02:31:27 -0700
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On 3/27/2025 12:25 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> There are 541 ciphertext characters. Since they're all digits, you'd 
> expect 54 of each.

Ugg... Dizzy tired now, by why would I expect 54 of each digit? I mean I 
can say:

0000112223333

with:

0000 = A
11   = B
222  = C
3333 = D

With a plaintext of:

ABCD

anyway, good night.