FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR ONELIST'S CIPHER CHALLENGE GROUP This version (March 2000) contains answers to the following questions: 1) Where can I get an...
CipherChallenge@yahoo...
Aug 1, 2001 10:31 am
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Dear Cipher Challengers, Hey, all of you sitting out there with all those crypto skills and nothing to do with them <g> Here's a cipher I need decoded ASAP.: ...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 9, 2001 8:19 pm
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The probable - almost certain - location is somewhere in NYC, especially since the window of time to meet is from 12:30 - 1:00, they're meeting on Game...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 9, 2001 10:12 pm
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Somebody pointed out to me that it's a PLAYFAIR, not a VIGENERE (see mention of hoping teams "play fair" in the text of the message I forwarded). I'm almost...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 9, 2001 10:17 pm
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Regarding the cipher I sent in earlier, I got it with help from someone outside the challenge - someone who didn't even know what a Playfair is! The trick was...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 10, 2001 12:37 am
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... Yes, the American Cryptogram Association does 6x6 Playfairs quite often. Our standard is that 1 follows A, 2 follows B, and so on. It's most often used in...
Jim Gillogly
jim@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:00 am
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So let's say that your keyword were UVWXYZ, your grid would be: U V W X Y Z A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E 5 F 6 G 7 H...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:04 am
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... No, it seems fine -- it's just not the ACA style. JFK didn't use "standard" Playfair for his PT109 message, but it got the idea across. -- Jim Gillogly ...
Jim Gillogly
jim@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:20 am
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Jim, ... But presumably a little easier to break, since it's more likely that digits (eg a phone number) would be translated to digits, especially if the key...
Tim Roberts
t.roberts@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:33 am
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Hi Alexandra, ... Nice bit of detective work. In hindsight, the clues are there: "play fair"; "six weeks and six days"; "full name"; "key"; "common...
Gish, David
gish@...
Aug 10, 2001 10:35 pm
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Dear David, Actually the person who helped me didn't give me _all the hints, I got most of them myself. Where I got stuck in "inside the box" thinking was in...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 10, 2001 10:43 pm
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Jim G wrote ... across. ... In the darken days, PT 109 was one of my blind alleys for stage 5. 109 being the first number (a pointer) in the S5 CT, PT = plain...
jimbrady@...
Aug 14, 2001 11:55 am
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Jim, Glad to see someone else walked up that blind alley. It was all very obvious to me as well when the thunderbolt struck, but alas, all very wrong. I ...
Gish, David
gish@...
Aug 14, 2001 2:30 pm
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Dear all members of this group, Good evening ! I have just joined the group. I'm a student (20) from Paris, France. Like all of you, I am thoroughly fascinated...
nicomardis@...
Aug 15, 2001 9:10 pm
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Welcome aboard Nicomardis. It's been a while since we've had a posting from a new member. Your posting has probably brought back memories for about 1000...
Mike Boyle
mbbr20656@...
Aug 15, 2001 9:52 pm
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Thank you for the tip, Mike. I will follow your advice and try hard stage 4 tomorrow. Then I'll see what happens and tell you all. Just a question : I can't...
nicomardis@...
Aug 15, 2001 10:10 pm
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Nicolas, I think you'll find hard stage 4 is easier than stage 3. Sorry, can't answer your other question but maybe one of the moderators who know about such...
Mike Boyle
mbbr20656@...
Aug 15, 2001 10:26 pm
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Nicomardis, Congratulations for solving the first two stages ;-) Welcome to the large group of us who were captured by the Cipher Challenge. Solving Stage 3...
Dave Smith
dlsmith@...
Aug 16, 2001 12:16 am
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In a message dated 8/15/01 5:12:04 PM, nicomardis@... writes: << Just a question : I can't find my name in the list of members. Do you know why ? Or...
lobert@...
Aug 16, 2001 1:20 am
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Hey all, there are three messages hidden on the web site of the game in which I'm going to be playing in NYC on August 25-26th. They are in the section...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 16, 2001 1:24 am
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De afspraken omtrent de affichering. 4. Officiële opening : (detail) Ontbijtvergadering in Floreal Blankenberge op 28 mei 1999 om 9 uur. Op deze...
Peter.T.Ruys
peter.t.ruys@...
Aug 16, 2001 8:28 pm
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Van de sociale verkiezingen. Los van de sociale verkiezingen loopt er een stakingsaanzeg bij GB voor zaterdag 20 mei. Reden: door manipulaties van de...
Peter.T.Ruys
peter.t.ruys@...
Aug 16, 2001 9:02 pm
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Isn't this the same Dutch political activist whose membership was supposedly revoked a while back? Apparently he can still send to list....
Gish, David
gish@...
Aug 16, 2001 9:59 pm
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... was supposedly ... I don't know, David. This person has been a member since March of last year. Since I don't speak Dutch, I don't know what he is telling...
John Lobert
lobert@...
Aug 17, 2001 2:47 am
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This is kinda funny - a guy spamming or spouting in a language almost no one on the list can understand. afd...
alexandra.dixon@...
Aug 17, 2001 3:40 am
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No, I think that was some English-speaking creep. The Dutch message was apparently sent by a virus, which was stripped out by the list server. ... From: Gish,...
Richard Kaplan
kaplan@...
Aug 17, 2001 4:26 am
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Dear all Cipher Challengers, This night (1AM), I broke stage 4 after three hours of hard work ! I'm so happy :)) It's so exciting managing to crack the...
Nicolas Guerrero
nicomardis@...
Aug 17, 2001 8:37 am
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No, this is someone who has the email addresss of this list in Outlook and is infected with the SirCam virus. As a result his PC sends documents from his 'My...
Ernst J. Oud
ernstoud@...
Aug 17, 2001 8:39 am
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... [...] ... I've also received email direct from him, with the virus. Probably he gets individual messages (vs digests) and anyone who's posted will be ...
Fred Bone
fred.bone@...
Aug 17, 2001 9:31 am
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Hi, does this virus also attact Unix systems with netscape? Thx, Marc ... -- *************************************************************************** * I...
