This was pretty lame. If you know how to use google, you know how to crack Vigenere Cipher. These days, before solving any problem, I generally google for it. Thats what I did with .

The cipher used in this case was Vigenere Cipher. The Vigenère cipher is a method of encryption invented by Blaise de Vigenère in the 1550s. For next 300 years it was known as "le chiffre indéchiffrable", or "the unbreakable cipher". But one fine day (well.. it must have taken more time than that) one Mr. Charles Babbage and Friedrich Kasiski broke it independently in 19th century.

And now, it dint take more than 10 mins for me to crack this. The thing is, cracking this is a mechanical task and there is a proper defined algorithm for this. Once you know the algorithm, it doesnt take much to create a computer program that does it for you. As a matter of fact there are 1000s of java applets available to crack it. I found this excellent in google. I just copy pasted the cipher text in the applet, pressed one button and *TAADAAAA* it found the key for me. Pretty unexciting. :)

The message was by Charles Baudelaire.

I am planning to write a Vigenere Cipher cracker soon. It would be interesting.