MelodyCrypt -- Harikavach ( level 5 )

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The Challange

The challange in Harikavach is that it is a HandCryption  technique. This implies that it must be humanly possible to encode/encrypt the message and decode/decrypt the message, without using a computer and in a reasonable time with minimal effort.

Computers can be used to compromise the message. Computers can use Brute force technique to break the code. In Brute force technique the computer can try all the possible keys ( or a highly probable set ) on the message to compromise it. With increasing computing power, it is easy for a computer to try millions of key combinations within a reasonable period of time. This is the problem with level 4 . There are fixed number of keys that can be generated using Scramble Clock.  Let us consider that we place all the possible keys in a Set. Then this set is the Key Set ( Key Space ). The Key Set is finite for Scramble Clock and also finite for Harikavach Encoding.  Without the help of a computer it is not feasible to try all the keys through humane effort. So Harikavach is secure from HandCryption standpoint. However, a human with sufficient computing power can compromise HariKavach.

The Answer - MelodyCrypt.

We need a scheme wherein it becomes unfeasible for a computer to try Brute Force. From computers perspective the scheme must seems to be unpredictable and random.  However, from a human perspective everything must appear structured and predictable. 

I introduce MelodyCrypt. In this crypt we will use the name of a song  as a key. There are millions of songs in the Song Space ( Set of Songs ) . As unlimited numbers of songs can be composed , this Song Space is potentially an infinite set. Music Industry is a well established industry and naming and identification of songs is a reasonable expectation.

Music itself as a domain is highly refined. Every song can be expressed in terms of sequence of Chords. 
There are several types of chords. For sake of simplicity we will consider simple chords in the ensuing example.

We identify 12 key on the piano ( Octave ). Look at following diagram.




Now lets identify the Keys to be played in C Major chord





There are 12 keys on piano and 12 cells in a row in Scramble Box. Therefore each key on piano corresponds to a cell ( and its symbol ) in the row of a Scramble Box. Later, I will cover the cases where the Scramble Box has a row with more than or less than 12 keys. For now, Scramble Box has 12 cells in a row.

Have a look at the segment of Scramble Box, from the last post

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Let's take up an example song

Hey Jude by Beatles.


          F                            C
Hey Jude dont make it bad
         F    C7   C7sus4           C7           F
Take a   sad    song      and  make   it better.

So the chord sequence is 

F , C , F, C7, C7sus4, C7 and F 


Chord Mapping Table

Chord	Keys	Columns
F	C F A	0, 25, 45
C	C E G	0, 20, 35
F	C F A	0, 25, 45
C7	C E G Bb	0, 20, 35, 50
C7sus4	C F G Bb	0, 25, 35, 50
C7	C E G Bb	0, 20, 35, 50
F	C F A	0, 25, 45

Chord 1
Now the first chord in this song is F Major. As we can see from the Chord Mapping Table the columns affected are 0, 25, 45.  Let's call this Scramble Chord. So the scramble chord is

[0,25,45]

Once we know the Columns affected we have several option. I will select one of the simplest option. I will swap the symbol in the first column of the Scramble Chord with the last column of the Scramble Chord.

So I swap symbol under Column 0 with the symbol under Column 45.

Let me illustrate

Scramble Box before applying Scramble Chord

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Scramble Box after applying Scramble Chord

	0	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55
0	b	I	t	e	n	c	n	sp	e	sp	r	sp

You can see that I have swapped values under Column 0 and Column 45. 

As I said we can have many other options to manipulate symbols affected by the Scramble Chord , but that I will cover in upcoming posts. 

Chord2 

The second Chord in the table is C Major so from the Chord Mapping table you get the scramble chord 

[ 0 , 20, 35 ] . This implies that according to our current strategy we will have to swap values between Column 0 and Column 35. 

Scramble Box before applying the Scramble Chords. 

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Please note that the sequence in which scramble chords will be applied will be determined by the song. Also recollect that the name of the song is the key. 

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Chord3, Chord4

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Note, that here the swapping seems to be always between the Column 0 and some other column. This is because we have taken a simple example. There are several different types of chords and the Scramble chord can start at any column, not necessarily zero. For instance using chord inversions.

The following strategies can make this Melodious Scrambling interesting.

1) Once we identify the columns affected by Scramble Chord we can manipulate the affected columns in different ways. Like multi-swap, that will change positions of all the affected columns. Swapping unaffected columns based on their relation with the affected columns etc.

2) Mixing Chord sequences from two or more songs. ( we will need name and order for all the songs involved )

3) Introducing variables like tempo and key signature. These variable can be used to manipulate the affected and unaffected columns.


If the chord sequence is smaller than the message to be encrypted. The chord sequence can be repeated. If the message is smaller, the chord sequence is applied until relevant.

Unwinding the MelodyCrypt

Once the message is encrypted with MelodyCrypt. Only the person who knows the key  to MelodyCrypt can comprehend the message. The key is the name of song. In the example I took it is Hey Jude. The user is expected to obtain the chord sequence for the song. Using the Chord Mapping table the user has to obtain the Scramble Chord. Using the Scramble Code sequence the user reverse the swapping or any other operation that was performed during encryption. 

After Unwinding the MelodyCrypt. The user has to Unscramble the message using Scramble Clock and lastly he has to decode the message using Harikavach

Harikavach ( level 5 ) 

Encryption  

Phase 1 -- Encoding English Message using Harikavach Symbols and using Encoding Key

Phase 2 -- Scrambling the Encoded Message using Scramble Clock and Scramble Key

Phase 3 -- Encrypt the messsage using MelodyCrypt and MelodyKey ( ie, song name or other relevant info)

Decryption

Phase 1 -- Decrypt message using MelodyCrypt using MelodyKey

Phase 2 -- Unscramble Message using Scramble Clock and Scramble Key

Phase 3 -- Decode the Harikavach Message to English using the Harikavach symbols and Encoding Key. 

Try for Fun...

Text to be Encrypted

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Happy MelodyCrypting !!!   ( Use the song you like the most .....)

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