alph implements and analyzes historical and traditional ciphers and codes, such as polyalphabetic, susbstitutional, and mixed employing human-reconstructable algorithms.

alph project provides a pipe filter interface in order to encrypt and decrypt block text to acheive transparency.

The program is meant to be used in conjunction with external programs that transfer data, resulting in transparent encryption or decryption of information.

The program can thus be used as a mail filter, IRC filter, IM filter, and so on.

The program can be conjuncted with pipes reulting in transparent en-decrypt: Atbash, Caesar, Vigenere, Playfair, Vernam.

What's New in This Release:

· Combinations and permutations have been optimized and ALBERTI, LEWIS, ROT-13, and MORSE have been cleaned and fixed.
· This release also introduces image steganography, allowing the users to hide messages within image files.