# Schmeh 2018: Examining The Dorabella Cipher with Three Lesser-Known Cryptanalysis Methods

> Klaus Schmeh, 2018. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Manual cryptanalysis with a proper control.

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# Examining The Dorabella Cipher with Three Lesser-Known Cryptanalysis Methods

Klaus Schmeh, 2018. _Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2018), Uppsala, Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 149: 145-152_.

Applies Helen Fouché Gaines's vowel detection and digram methods to Dorabella and to an unenciphered control of the same length; vowel detection works on the control and yields vowel candidates for Dorabella, without a solution.

**Dorabella cipher** ChapterChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Manual cryptanalysis with a proper control.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Symbol frequencies resemble those of a short English text.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZASB60CXT/symbol-frequencies-resemble-those-of-a-short-english-text)

Evidence

EVD

[Schmeh presents a manual-methods analysis at HistoCrypt 2018](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/events/EVT0CRZAQMG7DTD/schmeh-presents-a-manual-methods-analysis-at-histocrypt-2018)

EVT

[Klaus Schmeh](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/people/FIG0CRZANE63HE6/klaus-schmeh)

FIG

[The Dorabella cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher)

The mystery article

MYS

[What kind of message is the Dorabella note?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/questions/QST0CRZARBY7QFA/what-kind-of-message-is-the-dorabella-note)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Schmeh, K. (2018). Examining The Dorabella Cipher with Three Lesser-Known Cryptanalysis Methods. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2018), Uppsala, Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 149: 145-152. https://ep.liu.se/ecp/149/026/ecp18149026.pdf
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[Read it free at ep.liu.se](https://ep.liu.se/ecp/149/026/ecp18149026.pdf)

Key

**SRC** 0CRZAGHY464C

Kind

Book chapter

Rights

open access (licence not checked)

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published original

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