PURPLE cipher machine ===================== The 1st Problem ----------------- This problem is not difficult.... Except that it is necessary to create a simulator of the PURPLE machine (paper or computer). To achieve this goal, one must have read carefully the text accompanying the problem. The 2nd problem ---------------- The internal key is known. Just try all message keys. The 3rd problem ---------------- We know the external key: the start positions of the switches and the value of the motion switch. The only unknown element is the plugboard setting. The 4th problem --------------- We have the plaintext of one message and only the cryptogram of a second messages. Both messages have been encrypted by the same key. In addition we know the SIXES. The 5th problem --------------- We know the beginning of the message. The SIXES and TWENTIES are separated. We can say that the problem is realistic. The 6th problem ---------------- We know noting. You must recover the whole key: Plugboard setting, the start positions of the switches and the value of the motion switch.