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	Scytale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In cryptography, a scytale (also transliterated as skytale, Greek σκυτάλη, a baton) is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher, consisting of a cylinder with a strip of leather wound around it on which is written a message.
		The ancient Greeks, and the Spartans in particular, are said to have used this cipher to communicate during military campaigns.
		Due to difficulties in reconciling the description of Plutarch with the earlier accounts, and circumstantial evidence such as the cryptographic weakness of the device, several authors have suggested that the scytale was used for conveying messages in plaintext, and that Plutarch's description is mythological.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scytale (559 words)

	Scytale (Dune) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scytale is portrayed by Martin McDougall in the Children of Dune miniseries.
		Scytale kills and assumes the appearance of Otheym's daughter Lichna of Berk al Dib in order to gain entrance to the Atreides Keep at Arrakeen and lure Paul out to Otheym's house where the conspirators had planted a nuclear weapon called a Stone burner.
		Scytale barely escapes the attack while leaving his homeworld and is picked up and held prisoner by the Bene Gesserit and kept in the no-ship which also holds Duncan and the last remaining sandworm from Dune.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scytale_(Dune) (476 words)

	Chapterhouse Dune - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scytale bitterly regrets supplying the Bene Gesserit with ghola technology, but he must barter with them; he is their prisoner.
		Within Scytale's chest is a nullentropy tube, containing the cells of all Tleilaxu masters and various figures of the last few millennia, including many Atreides.
		She points out to him that his dream of Scytale's great revival is fatally flawed, because the Tleilaxu who scattered are no longer true to his beliefs and indeed serve the Matres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chapterhouse:_Dune (2455 words)

	Scytale - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In cryptography, a scytale (also transliterated asskytale) is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher, consisting of a cylinder with astrip of paper wound around it on which is written a message.
		After doing this, theywrite what they wish on the parchment, just as it lies wrapped about the scytale; and when they have written their message, theytake the parchment off and send it, without the piece of wood, to the commander.
		Due to difficulties in reconciling the description of Plutarch with the earlier accounts, and circumstantial evidence such asthe cryptographic weakness of the device, several authors have suggested that the scytale was used for conveying messages inplaintext, and that Plutarch's description is mythological.
	www.encyclopedia-of-world-knowledge.com /default.asp?t=Scytale (511 words)

	Scytale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In cryptography a scytale (also transliterated as skytale) is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher consisting of a cylinder with a strip of paper wound it on which is written a message.
		Due to difficulties in reconciling the description Plutarch with the earlier accounts and circumstantial such as the cryptographic weakness of the several authors have suggested that the scytale used for conveying messages in plaintext and that Plutarch's description is mythological.
		Scytale is also the name of a character in Frank Herbert 's famous Dune series of books appearing firstly as Face Dancer in Dune Messiah and again as a Tleilaxu Master in Chapterhouse Dune.
	www.freeglossary.com /Skytale (390 words)

	The SadGeezers Guide to Cult TV Sci Fi :: The guide to cult sci fi shows, films, books etc. With reviews, news, forums, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Scytale is a Bene Tlielax Facedancer, and is one of the most intriguing characters in the Dune Saga, he also represents a contradiction that may lead to the answers in the final book.
		Scytale emerges again in "Heretics of Dune" as one of the eight Masters, and a strong friend of Tylwyth Waff, the Master of Masters.
		In the final book "Chapterhouse Dune" Scytale is the only Bene Tlielax to escape the fate of both the Honored Matres, and another faction which is only revealed as two Face-dancers that have the capability of absorbing the Souls of all those that fall into their "Net".
	www.sadgeezer.com /html/Reviews+index-req-showcontent-id-223.html (534 words)

	Anilius scytale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Anilius scytale or the Burrowing False Coral is a burrowing snake found in Amazonian South America, the Guianas and Trinidad and Tobago.
		scytale is the only species of its genus, and is a moderately sized snake attaining a size of about 70 cm (27 inches) in length.
		It is reported to be ovoviviparous and feed on beetles, caecilians (burrowing amphibians), amphisbaenids (legless lizards), small fossorial snakes, fish, and frogs.It has a cylindrical body of uniform diameter and very short tail; brightly banded in red and fl (but without yellow bands); reduced eyes lying beneath large head scales.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Burrowing_False_Coral.htm (128 words)

	Scytale - The Jiggies Reference Guide
		Since the strip of paper hints strongly at the method, the ciphertext would have to be transferred to something less suggestive, somewhat reducing the advantage noted.
		From indirect evidence, the scytale was first mentioned by the Greek poet Archiloqus who lived in the 7th century BC.
		Scytale is also the name of a fictional character in Frank Herbert's famous Dune series of books, appearing firstly as a Face Dancer in Dune Messiah and again as a Tleilaxu Master in Chapterhouse Dune.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Scytale (526 words)

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		He didn't pretend to understand what had just happened, but he did know that he was still alive, and for now that was sufficient to increase his self-confidence enough to make him more than a little impudent, despite the obvious difference in any quality useful in single combat between himself and Adros.
		A suspensortube-ride upwards, the duration of which suggested the flagship was many times larger than Scytale would have guessed, brought them to an observation deck on top of the ship's hull, overlooking the Bene Gesserit Central complex on one side, and the ever-expanding desert on the other.
		Scytale felt a tingling sensation in his head, a sign he knew meant a cerebral scan was being performed on him.
	www.usul.net /fandom/marco/advent_45_b3_c10.html (1058 words)

	Scytale Cipher
		The first people to use the Scytale were the Greeks in 500 B.C. They used it during battles.
		Battle commanders were sent Scytale messages from the rulers.
		One way to really keep your Scytale message top secret is to write the message in invisible ink or write it using a substitution cipher.
	library.thinkquest.org /04oct/00451/scytale.htm (217 words)

	Australian Music Online :: Artists :: Scytale
		A Scytale is a specially designed rod used by cryptographers in the days of Caesar.
		Scytale is also the name of a original musical project that was formed in the second half of 2002 by two song writers, Dave Humphreys and Ian Crouch.
		Scytale is sometimes helped out with the vocal and percussion talents of Judith Bedard.
	www.amo.org.au /artist.asp?id=3186 (175 words)

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		Scytale could never prevent his face from contorting into an expression of supreme loathing whenever confronted with one of the Bene Gesserit.
		Scytale could smell her, so close was she to the semipermeable force field separating them.
		For the first time he got a good impression of the size of the no-ship, walking through the corridors with their numerous twists and turns: after having been confined to a small space for so long almost anything would have seemed big to him, but this ship really was quite large.
	www.usul.net /fandom/marco/advent_12_b1_c07.html (1439 words)

	Scytale (Dune) - Definition, explanation
		In the novel Dune Messiah, Scytale participates in the conspiracy to topple the rule of Paul Atreides.
		When Scytale was brought before Paul shortly after Chani died in childbirth, Scytale acted with lightning resolve.
		For many years afterward, part of the initiation ritual of the face dancer involved an oath sworn on the container holding Scytale's water, and in the eleventh quadrant the term scytale (Galach skaitell) was long used as the generic for face dancer.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sc/scytale__dune_.php (319 words)

	welcome to paul edmund norman's the gateway
		Scytale's face twisted and he spoke, "I had been their captive and believe me, she has something planned.
		Scytale nodded to him and continued with his third issue, "Lastly, we have another unsuspected result from the Teg ghola.
		Scytale concluded, "Remember, my brethren, it is not enough to be satisfied with the ends of endeavors.
	www.gatewaymonthly.com /204dunerev.html (2279 words)

	scytale
		This would be sent to another commander who would decipher it by winding it around a scytale of exactly the same diameter.
		When you come to the end of your scytale, rotate the cylinder slightly away from you and begin a new row underneath.
		To decode your message, all your friend has to do is wind the strip of paper around their scytale until the rows of letters line up and read off the message.
	educ.queensu.ca /~fmc/may2004/scytale.html (625 words)

	Scytale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		En criptografía, un scytale (también transcrito como skytale) es una herramienta usada para realizar una cifra de la transposición, consistiendo en un cilindro con una cinta de la herida de papel alrededor de él en cuál se escribe un mensaje.
		Y el pergamino, como el personal, se llama scytale, pues la cosa medida lleva el nombre de la medida.
		Scytale es el nombre de un carácter ficticio en la serie famosa de la duna de Herberto franco de libros, apareciendo en primer lugar como bailarín de la superficie en messiah de la duna y otra vez como amo de Tleilaxu en la duna de Chapterhouse.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/sc/Scytale.htm (570 words)

	Cryptography:Scytale - Research Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Scytale cipher is a type of transposition cipher used since the 7th century BCE.
		The first recorded use of the scytale cipher was by the Spartans and the ancient Greeks who used it to transport battle information between generals.
		The scytale encryption system relies on rods of wood with equal radiuses.
	www.researcharea.org /books/Cryptography:Scytale (234 words)

	Scytale - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 09:34, 20 August 2006.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Scytale contains research on
		Scytale, Encrypting, Decrypting, History, References, Classical ciphers and Encryption devices.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Scytale (571 words)

	Interview mit Scytale von Syndicates - Artikel - Galaxy-News
		Das Programmierteam besteht zwar immer noch aus meinem Bruder und mir, allerdings wäre das Spiel ohne die zahlreichen Helfer aus der Community nicht das, was es heute ist.
		Wir haben noch sehr viele Ideen für neue Browserspiele, leider haben wir neben unserem Studium und den bereits bestehenden Projekten nicht die nötige Zeit, um diese in absehbarer Zeit zu realisieren.
		[Scytale:] Aus eigener Erfahrung kann ich sagen, dass unsere Spieler meistens sehr zufrieden mit der Richtung sind, in die sich unsere Spiele bewegen - wobei wir natürlich auch Stimmungen aus der Community direkt berücksichtigen.
	www.galaxy-news.de /content/231_interview_mit_scytale_von_syndicates.html (1943 words)

	La scytale spartiate
		Une forme de transposition utilise le premier dispositif de cryptographie militaire connu, la scytale spartiate, remontant au Ve siècle avant J.-C. La scytale consiste en un bâton de bois autour duquel est entourée une bande de cuir ou de parchemin, comme le montre la figure ci-dessous.
		Sur ce parchemin ainsi roulé autour de la scytale, ils écrivent ce qu'ils veulent; et, quand ils ont écrit, ils enlèvent la bande, et l'envoient au général sans le bâton.
		On appelle cette lettre scytale, du nom même du bâton, comme ce qui est mesuré prend le nom de ce qui lui sert de mesure.
	www.apprendre-en-ligne.net /crypto/transpo/scytale.html (440 words)

	Dune: Scytale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The original Scytale was a Face Dancer, who was born (or, perhaps, "grown") prior to the development of the Master caste.
		Just what Scytale was at this point is a mystery: it depends upon whether Face Dancers were, at that point, a biologically engineered race (as they were during the "Heretics/Chapterhouse" era), or the products of delicate, but non-genetic, surgical techniques.
		Fortunately, however, it doesn't matter - Scytale is reborn through an unknown number of ghola incarnations.
	www.iwriteiam.nl /D7Sc.html (147 words)

	Greek Scytale - Codes & Cyphers
		The scytale (also skytale) may be the earliest encryption device in recorded history.
		Basically, a scytale was a wooden cylinder around which a strip of paper, fabric or leather was wound.
		Several instances have described the strip as a piece of leather worn by a soldier as a belt to the delivery destination.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art35509.asp (439 words)

	ZOOM . activities . sci . Scytale Messages \| PBS Kids
		That's because when cylinders are two different sizes, the circumferences, or distances around the cylinders, are different and the letters won't match up.
		The message would be written wound around the Scytale, or tube.
		Then, they would unwind it and send it to another commander who would wind it around the same size Scytale to decipher the message.
	pbskids.org /zoom/activities/sci/scytalemessages.html (883 words)

	Scytale, Inc.
		As a leading-edge development company, Scytale develops custom application solutions when an off-the-shelf product does not meet the clients needs and expectations.
		Scytale specializes in serving the intelligence community and has developed an enterprise-level COMSEC accounting system.
		After the completion and approval of this phase, Scytale will provide a fixed price contract for the development of the custom application solution.
	www.scytale-inc.com /appdev/default.asp (430 words)

	Scytale Resource
		Scytale - The Thrinakian Swarm - and other Stuff
		[Scytale] I took all the time I needed to clean up the code, comment it nicely, and generally make it easy to understand and modify.
		It is freely usable to anyone who wants to make their own mech.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /crayon_world1/scytalestuff/scytale.htm (1410 words)

	Author Tad Williams; April 10, 1997
		Although I will decide that a particular character has been one way long enough, and that it's time for him or her to change before I get bored and kill them.
		Scytale: I visited your site (www.tadwilliams.com) and thought it was really fun.
		Scytale: Do you write in so many plotlines on purpose, or do they just...
	www.scifi.com /transcripts/twilliams.html (5136 words)

	UsulNet Forums - Scytale: A much misunderstood fanatic!
		I never worked out how Scytale could be a Face Dancer in Dune Messiah (and as a Face Dancer therefore sterile and subservient to Tleilaxu Masters) yet be a Master by the time we get to Chapter House.
		I always figure the face dancer Scytale in Dune Messiah was only the first of his lives.
		I suppose he could have been a different Scytale but he is supposed to have memories stretching back to Muad-dibs time...
	www.usul.net /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=65 (662 words)

	SCIFI.COM \| Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
		And will you explain that Scytale, after murdering Lichna, takes on her persona in order to gain entry to Paul's Keep, and plays a large role after the twins are born?
		It was a tired and predictable way to go, and Children of Dune deserved something special that wouldn't upstage or distract from the drama but would still be a showstopper.
		I didn't feel it was important to see Scytale change into Lichna.
	www.scifi.com /dune/features/director03.html (369 words)

	Traveller Starship Design - Scytale Trader cruiser
		The Scytale is an optimistic design, advertised as being able to fight its way out of most forms of trouble.
		In point of fact, its lack of armour and poor design make it unable to compete with much more than a scout/courier, and the gunners of most of the examples in current service spend most of their time as cargo shifters.
		As a design, the Scytale proved a spectacular failure, and it is no longer made.
	home.btconnect.com /hughfoster/Traveller/Shipyard/SCYTALE.htm (185 words)

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