Hill Cipher- Potential Cribs for 3x3 Matrix

[J6204]

Homework Statement

I've created code to crack a Hill Cipher (n=3).
I'm unsure which cribs to try to crack a specific code.
Would anyone mind posting ideas? The crib must be 9 letters in length.

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

 

[Baluncore]

I've created code to crack a Hill Cipher

Or have you only created code to encrypt and decrypt using the Hill Cipher, given the key? Cracking a code involves cryptanalysis, which identifies the type of cipher employed, then applies statistical tests to identify the probably key, language and message content.

A crib will require knowledge of the sender or situation. What do you know about the source? Do you have any idea of phrases that may have been enciphered in that example? A restriction to only letters, say modulo 26, would mean that numbers must be spelled out in full. If this was an academic exercise then you need to guess at the key or text likely to be chosen for the demonstration. I would start with something as obvious as; “hillcipher”; which unfortunately, has too many letters.

Does the full stop indicate the use of modulo 27?
Please post the full encicode as an ascii.txt file rather than a blur.png
or can you give us a link to this example on the web?