SolitaireCryptoDemo

SolitaireCryptoDemo - 1.2

A visual demonstration of the steps involved in generating a keystream using Bruce Schneier's Solitaire encryption algorithm.

Featuring smooth animations and descriptions of all steps.

Type "python SolitaireCryptoDemo.py" to start the demo.

You can also use several commandline options:

-r - Setup a shuffled deck.
-u - Setup an unkeyed deck.
-k KEY - Setup a keyed deck using the algorithm described at http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html.
-o - Print found keys to standard out.
-h - Display this text.

Examples:

python SolitaireCryptoDemo.py
starts the demo with a default deck (keyed with "CRYPTONOMICON").
python SolitaireCryptoDemo.py -r
starts the demo with a shuffled deck.
python SolitaireCryptoDemo.py -u -o
starts the demo with an unkeyed deck and prints the keys.
python SolitaireCryptoDemo.py -k MYSECRETKEY
starts the demo with a keyd deck using the passphrase"MYSECRETKEY".

Fixed some small bugs and misspellings.
Modified the folder structure.
Added several command line arguments for setting up the initial deck.
Added a command line argument for outputting the keystream. For debugging purposes.
Added a title showing the current step of the algorithm.

SolitaireCryptoDemo - 1.2 - Oct 6, 2008
SolitaireCryptoDemo - 1.1 - Oct 5, 2008
SolitaireCryptoDemo - 1.0 - Feb 8, 2007

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October 8, 2008 2:22pm - Nolan Baker - nickname: (nbaker) - 5/5
Much easier than using a real deck. Great job.
February 9, 2007 4:16am - John Eriksson - nickname: (wmjoers)
Should be somewhat more optimized now.
February 9, 2007 2:15am - John Eriksson - nickname: (wmjoers)
I would say the whole code is kind of dirty smile. For this first release I just wanted the output to be correct. When I get some time I'll optimize and tidy this code a bit.
February 8, 2007 8:18pm - Aaron Maupin - nickname: (maupin)
Looks very good. Nice and clean. I noticed that it uses 100% of the cpu, so you should add a pygame.time.wait(x) statement somewhere in your main loop. You also aren't using dirty rects, which would probably speed up the updates of your large window quite a bit.