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Holiday puzzles...

Started byBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
First post2022-12-22 02:25 +0000
Last post2023-01-05 11:38 +0000
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  Holiday puzzles... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-22 02:25 +0000
    Re: Holiday puzzles... Colin <a@b.com> - 2022-12-22 19:33 +1300
      Re: Holiday puzzles... Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2022-12-22 08:21 +0000
        Re: Holiday puzzles... Colin <a@b.com> - 2022-12-23 20:47 +1300
          Re: Holiday puzzles... Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2022-12-23 08:11 +0000
      Re: Holiday puzzles... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-22 12:53 +0000
        Re: Holiday puzzles... Colin <a@b.com> - 2022-12-23 07:13 +1300
    Re: Holiday puzzles... Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2022-12-22 12:53 +0000
      Re: Holiday puzzles... Colin <a@b.com> - 2022-12-23 22:18 +1300
        Re: Holiday puzzles... Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2022-12-23 15:07 +0000
          Re: Holiday puzzles... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-23 17:48 +0000
            Re: Holiday puzzles... Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2022-12-28 11:14 +0000
              Re: Holiday puzzles... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-28 17:44 +0000
                Re: Holiday puzzles... Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 10:21 +0000
                  Re: Holiday puzzles... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-05 11:36 +0000
                    Re: Holiday puzzles... Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 13:27 +0000
                      Re: Holiday puzzles... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-05 18:06 +0000
                  Re: Holiday puzzles... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-05 11:38 +0000

#53592 — Holiday puzzles...

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2022-12-22 02:25 +0000
SubjectHoliday puzzles...
Message-ID<87edsstbs7.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
OK, so here's a seasonal challenge.  I've devised two scramblers, one
easy(ish) and the other, I think, harder.  Two texts -- the same two
texts -- have been scrambled with both, so if you crack either code you
will have two full cribs for the other.

I'm happy to give hints (using scos), answer questions or provide more
encrypted text.  I hope there are enough clues in the output to provide
threads to pull on.

The encrypted texts are given as the output of a hex dump command (hd on
my machine).

First, a short text encoded with scrambler 1:

00000000  ab 0d f4 16 20 ff fe 00  64 c4 da e2 0e ff 7c 00  |.... ...d.....|.|
00000010  10 2e 62 3f 42 f3 71 00  4a c3 09 c9 68 7f 03 00  |..b?B.q.J...h...|
00000020  c1 d2 66 63 04 ff f7 00  1b f3 88 7f 9e 95 8b 00  |..fc............|
00000030  c3 91 75 23 c0 ff f7 00  58 8c 2c db 04 7f 3d 00  |..u#....X.,...=.|
00000040  01 83 80 03 01 fd 81 00  11 23 61 39 42 ff 73 00  |.........#a9B.s.|
00000050  24 20 04 24 b5 ff 81 00  30 38 0a 2a a2 ff 98 00  |$ .$....08.*....|
00000060  17 33 00 37 10 df 10 00  00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00  |.3.7............|
00000070  51 12 46 43 44 ff 17 00  02 06 00 06 03 fb 00 00  |Q.FCD...........|
00000080  40 e0 60 40 80 ff e0 00  04 48 18 0e 10 ff 5c 00  |@.`@.....H....\.|
00000090  09 28 81 89 8d ff 20 00  e4 74 00 e6 06 ff 10 00  |.(.... ..t......|
000000a0  00 01 00 01 00 fe 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00  |................|
000000b0  09 81 0c 6c 0c ff 85 00  7e be 63 5b 30 ef 9f 00  |...l....~.c[0...|
000000c0  41 0c 0d 4d 2d fe 21 00  0c 01 61 68 64 ff 00 00  |A..M-.!...ahd...|
000000d0  36 6a 06 75 22 bf 08 00  00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00  |6j.u"...........|
000000e0  54 90 0c 20 8e ff fe 00  0e 1a 00 1d 08 ef 02 00  |T.. ............|
000000f0  04 08 04 0c 04 f7 04 00  94 86 12 92 d0 ff 06 00  |................|
00000100  62 3d b2 6f 12 f2 f2 00  5c 98 80 f0 02 ff de 00  |b=.o....\.......|
00000110  2c 74 01 78 21 af 25 00  c0 d0 60 60 00 ff f0 00  |,t.x!.%...``....|
00000120  7b 3f 44 77 42 bd 4f 00  0d 1c 01 19 09 ef 04 00  |{?DwB.O.........|
00000130  84 c8 48 64 00 ff cc 00  26 80 86 36 16 ff 80 00  |..Hd....&..6....|
00000140  66 c4 03 f9 46 7f 0f 00  89 16 b1 9f 21 f9 b9 00  |f...F.......!...|
00000150  63 34 b4 6e 10 ff f7 00  05 0e 00 0f 04 f5 04 00  |c4.n............|
00000160  62 e4 0c c6 48 7f 2e 00  a0 20 20 c0 20 ff e0 00  |b...H....  . ...|
00000170  a2 20 83 99 80 ff 23 00  56 92 0e 20 88 ff fe 00  |. ....#.V.. ....|
00000180  b6 00 a0 27 20 7f 80 00  05 0b 03 0d 00 f4 03 00  |...' ...........|
00000190  80 00 00 00 40 ff c0 00  3b 6b 00 76 20 bf 0b 00  |....@...;k.v ...|
000001a0  50 10 90 e0 10 ff f0 00  11 58 49 4c 40 ff 19 00  |P........XIL@...|
000001b0  02 04 00 06 01 fb 00 00  40 00 c0 00 e0 ff e0 00  |........@.......|
000001c0  85 a9 c0 d2 08 ff ef 00  df 67 b8 be 84 7b e7 00  |.........g...{..|
000001d0  0a 7d 0a 3b 29                                    |.}.;)|
000001d5

and now a longer text run though the easier scrambler:

00000000  1d 15 47 80 56 fd de 00  19 14 55 2c 40 ff 7d 00  |..G.V.....U,@.}.|
00000010  aa 9d 2e 08 10 7f bf 00  ec 8a 30 25 9a ff ff 00  |..........0%....|
00000020  94 24 35 29 04 ff bc 00  c0 60 cb 53 a8 ff fb 00  |.$5).....`.S....|
00000030  21 01 29 92 08 ff bb 00  4f 75 eb 71 86 cf ef 00  |!.).....Ou.q....|
00000040  6a 18 a0 00 90 ff fa 00  75 52 15 00 53 ff 77 00  |j.......uR..S.w.|
00000050  a5 d9 c2 64 1b ff ff 00  48 8c dd 0d 90 ff dc 00  |...d....H.......|
00000060  e9 42 e3 62 80 ff eb 00  47 0d 52 2c 15 e7 73 00  |.B.b....G.R,..s.|
00000070  bd dd c6 74 03 ff ff 00  2d 15 2c 80 15 ff bd 00  |...t....-.,.....|
00000080  25 16 87 22 a1 ff b7 00  6a 88 c2 f1 00 ff fb 00  |%.."....j.......|
00000090  1b 08 29 52 2a ff 7b 00  4b a5 98 f0 04 9f cf 00  |..)R*.{.K.......|
000000a0  34 24 94 06 a8 ff be 00  12 50 64 41 34 ef 37 00  |4$.......PdA4.7.|
000000b0  d6 95 31 3b 80 fe ff 00  ce de dc 9c 42 ff de 00  |..1;........B...|
000000c0  21 10 a7 02 81 ff b7 00  1a 74 8a 71 94 1f 8f 00  |!........t.q....|
000000d0  2a 08 c2 71 00 ff fb 00  b2 55 b6 04 51 ff f7 00  |*..q.....U..Q...|
000000e0  4c 0a f6 22 18 ff fe 00  a2 60 cc 4c a0 ff ee 00  |L..".....`.L....|
000000f0  85 09 a9 4c 20 ff ed 00  51 4a b0 81 42 ff 7b 00  |...L ...QJ..B.{.|
00000100  2a 83 b2 1d 82 fc be 00  af ba 98 9d 22 ff bf 00  |*..........."...|
00000110  bc 55 99 80 4c ff 7d 00  9c 10 4e 0a 15 ff df 00  |.U..L.}...N.....|
00000120  26 43 4d 61 00 ff 6f 00  8c 10 85 4a 11 ff df 00  |&CMa..o....J....|
00000130  2d 5c c2 58 0c cf e7 00  be 00 1a 9a 00 ff be 00  |-\.X............|
00000140  c8 d1 49 85 10 ff 9d 00  35 46 e1 98 02 ff 7f 00  |..I.....5F......|
00000150  a2 04 0c a4 00 df ae 00  6c 21 05 0d 88 ff ed 00  |........l!......|
00000160  88 42 91 47 80 f9 dc 00  19 09 f2 80 6b ff fb 00  |.B.G........k...|
00000170  31 70 7b 50 20 ff 7b 00  92 87 c3 c2 04 ff d7 00  |1p{P .{.........|
00000180  9a 2b eb 31 48 ff fb 00  26 17 92 90 45 ff 75 00  |.+.1H...&...E.u.|
00000190  94 a7 b4 ab 04 f8 bc 00  09 18 5b 98 43 ff db 00  |..........[.C...|
000001a0  19 30 b5 24 90 ff bd 00  aa c4 8a 81 44 ff ef 00  |.0.$........D...|
000001b0  3b 29 12 40 19 ff 7b 00  95 04 e8 08 60 ff fd 00  |;).@..{.....`...|
000001c0  28 a5 02 0e e1 f3 e9 00  c5 76 d6 c2 20 ff f7 00  |(........v.. ...|
000001d0  48 20 ca 04 02 ff ee 00  74 14 66 04 12 ff 76 00  |H ......t.f...v.|
000001e0  e5 a1 29 02 a9 ff ef 00  68 00 aa 24 82 ff ee 00  |..).....h..$....|
000001f0  e2 5c 4b 18 45 cf e7 00  89 08 ac 49 25 ff ed 00  |.\K.E......I%...|
00000200  66 6a 7a 2c 42 ff 7e 00  31 24 bc 89 20 fe bd 00  |fjz,B.~.1$.. ...|
00000210  17 42 c4 83 00 ff d7 00  43 d2 68 5c a2 cf e7 00  |.B......C.h\....|
00000220  15 24 b5 24 88 ff bd 00  2a 08 e2 11 e8 ff fb 00  |.$.$....*.......|
00000230  15 26 61 20 06 ff 77 00  58 14 59 02 d5 ff df 00  |.&a ..w.X.Y.....|
00000240  e8 a0 0a 04 a2 ff ee 00  40 0e 52 2f 10 e3 71 00  |........@.R/..q.|
00000250  27 6e 6f 6f 00 ff 6f 00  c4 30 45 02 21 ff f7 00  |'noo..o..0E.!...|
00000260  09 19 5a 88 43 ff db 00  b9 54 7d 24 10 ff dd 00  |..Z.C....T}$....|
00000270  a4 e8 cf cb 20 ff ef 00  2d 17 b5 02 91 f9 bd 00  |.... ...-.......|
00000280  32 a0 5a 09 f0 ff fb 00  65 0c ad 64 00 ff ed 00  |2.Z.....e..d....|
00000290  4d 40 63 49 28 ff 6e 00  59 57 29 05 60 ff 7f 00  |M@cI(.n.YW).`...|
000002a0  9a d9 be 6c 90 3f 9f 00  a2 24 2e 4d 20 ff e7 00  |...l.?...$.M ...|
000002b0  68 08 2d 68 45 ff 6d 00  53 a7 9f c6 21 ff ff 00  |h.-hE.m.S...!...|
000002c0  bd a1 15 08 a8 ff bd 00  46 02 1e 0b 84 ff df 00  |........F.......|
000002d0  86 68 92 30 89 9f cf 00  b4 40 51 f0 01 ff f5 00  |.h.0.....@Q.....|
000002e0  55 48 96 80 4e ff df 00  47 84 95 9a 00 ff cf 00  |UH..N...G.......|
000002f0  1c 10 55 28 40 ff 7d 00  ca 24 45 8e 29 ff ef 00  |..U(@.}..$E.)...|
00000300  0c d1 2f e1 10 3f 1f 00  23 01 85 8a 05 fe af 00  |../..?..#.......|
00000310  51 40 de c9 06 ff df 00  50 a8 65 10 a8 ff fd 00  |Q@......P.e.....|
00000320  4c 8c a9 69 84 ff ec 00  15 20 63 26 04 ff 77 00  |L..i..... c&..w.|
00000330  9f 58 22 f4 03 3f 9f 00  5a 96 9c c6 10 ff de 00  |.X"..?..Z.......|
00000340  7a 90 f8 b8 00 ff fa 00  e4 80 69 24 c9 ff ed 00  |z.........i$....|
00000350  28 a4 c9 80 61 df 6d 00  9c 7a a2 f6 00 3d 9e 00  |(...a.m..z...=..|
00000360  a5 13 05 81 52 ff f7 00  90 20 a5 28 04 ff bd 00  |....R.... .(....|
00000370  9b 12 0e c4 10 ff df 00  dd 6d 98 08 71 ff fd 00  |.........m..q...|
00000380  62 03 28 50 4b ff 7b 00  4f a1 9c b4 00 9f cf 00  |b.(PK.{.O.......|
00000390  a8 20 29 c4 20 ff ed 00  89 01 3e 24 03 ff 9f 00  |. ). .....>$....|
000003a0  68 29 e3 31 c8 ff fb 00  11 20 67 24 00 ff 73 00  |h).1..... g$..s.|
000003b0  13 01 bc 0c 80 ff bf 00  26 90 86 a5 20 ff b7 00  |........&... ...|
000003c0  0f f8 86 ba 08 4f 87 00  63 43 17 85 42 0f f3 00  |.....O..cC..B...|
000003d0  65 72 f1 b0 42 fc 73 00  b4 58 2a 08 40 81 7e 00  |er..B.s..X*.@.~.|
000003e0  0c 8e 1e 16 c8 3f ce 00  4d 96 8a 82 10 e0 df 00  |.....?..M.......|
000003f0  a8 44 65 58 14 83 7d 00  e2 67 ce cf 00 1c e6 00  |.DeX..}..g......|
00000400  95 b0 33 30 02 7c b3 00  55 c0 c9 c4 03 f0 cf 00  |..30.|..U.......|
00000410  48 b8 7d 39 80 03 fc 00  82 24 4c c4 00 1f ee 00  |H.}9.....$L.....|
00000420  94 aa cd aa 43 90 cf 00  48 40 6a 44 a2 ff ee 00  |....C...H@jD....|
00000430  42 06 56 22 10 ff 76 00  2a 0e 82 12 85 ff 9f 00  |B.V"..v.*.......|
00000440  91 81 d5 89 44 ff dd 00  84 0c ac 44 21 ff ed 00  |....D......D!...|
00000450  26 c2 9a d8 02 3f 9e 00  33 23 0b 41 22 ff 7b 00  |&....?..3#.A".{.|
00000460  9f 02 42 08 0a ff cf 00  f9 11 10 42 51 ff 7b 00  |..B........BQ.{.|
00000470  cc 88 82 10 88 ff de 00  4b 80 30 32 02 ff 3b 00  |........K.02..;.|
00000480  8c 4b 20 83 c8 f8 ec 00  6c 50 36 02 50 ff 7e 00  |.K .....lP6.P.~.|
00000490  44 a0 c9 02 09 ff ef 00  45 03 55 21 12 ff 77 00  |D.......E.U!..w.|
000004a0  43 81 4d 26 c1 ff ef 00  2e 95 b0 12 01 ff bf 00  |C.M&............|
000004b0  52 98 d5 af 12 e7 f3 00  d8 00 ca 54 12 ff de 00  |R..........T....|
000004c0  19 08 2b 50 2a ff 7b 00  a9 3a 4a 0a 60 ff fb 00  |..+P*.{..:J.`...|
000004d0  e5 41 ee 6a 80 ff e7 00  10 11 5b 91 4a ff db 00  |.A.j......[.J...|
000004e0  9d cc 21 78 94 3f 9d 00  45 41 65 41 2c ff 6d 00  |..!x.?..EAeA,.m.|
000004f0  e4 a0 65 32 c1 ff f7 00  0b 08 4f 8a 54 ff dd 00  |..e2......O.T...|
00000500  dd 6c 99 08 70 ff fd 00  62 03 28 50 4b ff 7b 00  |.l..p...b.(PK.{.|
00000510  cc 69 5f b2 48 9f cf 00  a0 80 29 12 89 ff bb 00  |.i_.H.....).....|
00000520  8e 48 cb 15 80 ff df 00  88 98 db 8b 40 ff db 00  |.H..........@...|
00000530  13 22 64 25 03 ff 73 00  61 55 16 b4 03 ee f3 00  |."d%..s.aU......|
00000540  cd c9 e3 c3 28 ff ef 00  08 17 b1 17 80 f1 b8 00  |....(...........|
00000550  22 44 4e 6d 00 ff 67 00  59 68 ac f0 0c ff fd 00  |"DNm..g.Yh......|
00000560  25 06 0e ab 00 df a7 00  23 64 69 60 04 ff 6f 00  |%.......#di`..o.|
00000570  64 f0 e5 62 11 ff f7 00  88 41 0a 05 62 fc ee 00  |d..b.....A..b...|
00000580  56 9b 99 8d 00 ff df 00  b8 d0 d1 60 14 ff fd 00  |V..........`....|
00000590  72 46 16 82 00 ff f6 00  44 00 7a 26 18 ff 7e 00  |rF......D.z&..~.|
000005a0  c6 be 1e 37 80 9f cf 00  62 50 68 02 50 fd 7a 00  |...7....bPh.P.z.|
000005b0  99 02 0a 5b 10 ff db 00  10 21 67 25 00 ff 73 00  |...[.....!g%..s.|
000005c0  27 c5 b1 80 75 ff f7 00  d5 66 c6 43 a0 ff f7 00  |'...u....f.C....|
000005d0  60 e9 f7 ad 40 e7 f3 00  a8 20 0a c4 02 ff ee 00  |`...@.... ......|
000005e0  2d a2 c7 8b 68 df 6f 00  ac 2a 62 76 00 fd fe 00  |-...h.o..*bv....|
000005f0  bd 85 b0 10 81 ff bd 00  91 c0 82 85 02 ff d7 00  |................|
00000600  81 3a 8f 7a 01 8f c7 00  8e 4a a2 00 4a ff ee 00  |.:.z.....J..J...|
00000610  27 03 cc c0 03 ff ef 00  22 54 b4 86 60 ff 76 00  |'......."T..`.v.|
00000620  98 0e 1a d8 04 ff de 00  19 01 a8 04 81 ff bd 00  |................|
00000630  99 d1 c1 8d 10 ff dd 00  11 29 67 2d 02 e7 73 00  |.........)g-..s.|
00000640  56 54 e0 63 84 ff f7 00  b6 54 b2 01 54 ff f7 00  |VT.c.....T..T...|
00000650  42 80 2c 0c a0 ff ee 00  96 85 b1 0b 84 ff bf 00  |B.,.............|
00000660  b1 20 82 45 22 ff f7 00  c5 c9 98 88 41 ff dd 00  |. .E".......A...|
00000670  95 4d 83 0d 86 e7 d3 00  28 61 6f 25 00 ff 6f 00  |.M......(ao%..o.|
00000680  4e 0a 43 26 0d ff 6f 00  42 90 f4 a1 40 ff f7 00  |N.C&..o.B...@...|
00000690  c5 8d 0d 6c 80 ff ed 00  9c 5a 20 70 00 3f 9e 00  |...l.....Z p.?..|
000006a0  90 81 d3 c9 00 ff db 00  c7 83 2d e3 00 ff ef 00  |..........-.....|
000006b0  25 00 e1 00 10 ff f5 00  62 54 a3 11 e4 ff f7 00  |%.......bT......|
000006c0  aa d2 da 72 04 ff fe 00  cc 88 00 06 28 ff ee 00  |...r........(...|
000006d0  61 4f 02 3f 40 e3 71 00  6f 08 65 62 0a ff 0f 00  |aO.?@.q.o.eb....|
000006e0  c6 06 56 a3 94 ff f7 00  ac 34 d6 78 06 ff fe 00  |..V......4.x....|
000006f0  32 20 81 18 20 ff b9 00  33 20 1a 8b 24 ff bf 00  |2 .. ...3 ..$...|
00000700  9b 63 1b 89 e2 ff fb 00  59 52 00 8e 10 f9 dc 00  |.c......YR......|
00000710  6f ac 63 04 a8 ff ef 00  39 90 25 1c 80 ff bd 00  |o.c.....9.%.....|
00000720  8f 0b 15 d1 0a ff cf 00  39 1d ac 8c 11 ff bd 00  |........9.......|
00000730  57 42 04 83 00 ff d7 00  99 26 01 e8 0e 9f cf 00  |WB.......&......|
00000740  11 19 74 70 09 ff 7d 00  a2 00 bd 93 0c ff bf 00  |..tp..}.........|
00000750  e3 a1 27 09 a6 ff ef 00  98 34 b2 20 94 ff be 00  |..'......4. ....|
00000760  b8 10 24 1c 01 ff bd 00  4c ae 9c b4 08 9f ce 00  |..$.....L.......|
00000770  90 40 95 08 04 ff dd 00  11 32 34 90 02 ff b7 00  |.@.......24.....|
00000780  2b 4a 40 71 02 ff 7b 00  b7 a5 81 00 a5 ff b7 00  |+J@q..{.........|
00000790  6a 40 0c 03 44 ff 6f 00  d4 f0 e5 62 91 ff f7 00  |j@..D.o....b....|
000007a0  a1 87 28 17 89 f1 b8 00  26 60 67 24 0b ff 6f 00  |..(.....&`g$..o.|
000007b0  29 00 20 88 14 ff bd 00  09 00 b9 14 80 ff bd 00  |). .............|
000007c0  23 42 4a 65 08 ff 6f 00  66 04 f0 03 94 ff f7 00  |#BJe..o.f.......|
000007d0  08 14 b2 17 80 f3 b9 00  fa 68 b2 71 08 ff fb 00  |.........h.q....|
000007e0  d2 60 34 a2 04 ff f6 00  8a 03 1c c4 01 ff df 00  |.`4.............|
000007f0  19 01 a8 84 01 ff bd 00  57 c2 44 03 c0 ff d7 00  |........W.D.....|
00000800  93 30 85 78 14 9f cf 00  24 80 08 02 00 ff ae 00  |.0.x....$.......|
00000810  c6 a3 2a 02 01 ff ef 00  45 08 19 08 00 ff 5d 00  |..*.....E.....].|
00000820  22 80 3d 13 8c ff bf 00  43 25 cf 85 02 ff ef 00  |".=.....C%......|
00000830  42 08 95 2f 92 e7 f3 00  3a 3a 58 7c 02 ff 3e 00  |B../....::X|..>.|
00000840  45 09 4d 2a 01 ff 6f 00  2e 08 6d 11 04 ff 7f 00  |E.M*..o...m.....|
00000850  2e 84 09 07 00 ff af 00  93 8b bf a5 12 ff bf 00  |................|
00000860  48 85 b9 f4 40 ff 7d 00  e8 a3 28 07 a0 f8 ec 00  |H...@.}...(.....|
00000870  4a 32 08 44 48 ff 7e 00  c1 02 e6 a2 50 ff f7 00  |J2.DH.~.....P...|
00000880  c8 a0 82 42 21 ff e9 00  90 18 72 f9 82 ff fb 00  |...B!.....r.....|
00000890  22 82 ee 46 00 ff ee 00  44 0a 19 4b 00 b9 5c 00  |"..F....D..K..\.|
000008a0  2e 08 6d 11 04 ff 7f 00  a5 89 0d 2a 81 df af 00  |..m........*....|
000008b0  33 02 62 78 02 ff 3b 00  a9 0a c2 23 58 ff fb 00  |3.bx..;....#X...|
000008c0  f2 46 96 32 60 ff f6 00  d4 4e 43 8d 44 e7 d3 00  |.F.2`....NC.D...|
000008d0  8a 1b 19 cb 00 ff db 00  5d 81 94 88 09 ff dd 00  |........].......|
000008e0  e4 a0 31 40 b0 ff f5 00  c4 8c 0d 64 81 ff ed 00  |..1@.......d....|
000008f0  8c c0 34 62 80 3f 9e 00  b3 57 d7 07 40 ff f7 00  |..4b.?...W..@...|
00000900  a6 a0 36 a2 10 ff b6 00  96 07 07 53 04 ef d7 00  |..6........S....|
00000910  48 8c 9d ec 10 ff fd 00  89 49 ad 08 44 ff ed 00  |H........I..D...|
00000920  45 1c 42 3c 04 c7 63 00  9d cd d4 cc 03 ff df 00  |E.B<..c.........|
00000930  34 70 b1 20 51 ff f5 00  c8 44 d9 01 58 ff dc 00  |4p. Q....D..X...|
00000940  c8 29 13 81 3a ff fb 00  21 21 35 a2 14 ff b7 00  |.)..:...!!5.....|
00000950  5b 7a 98 d1 2a ff 7b 00  42 25 ac c5 00 fc ee 00  |[z..*.{.B%......|
00000960  12 00 67 61 00 ff 77 00  d4 d0 65 42 31 ff f7 00  |..ga..w...eB1...|
00000970  3b 3d 8c 27 b0 ff 9f 00  22 c4 b6 85 70 ff f7 00  |;=.'...."...p...|
00000980  19 08 2b 50 28 ff 7b 00  29 b4 48 e4 10 7f 3d 00  |..+P(.{.).H...=.|
00000990  e1 02 16 d2 40 fe f7 00  32 a3 83 19 20 ff bb 00  |....@...2... ...|
000009a0  cd 96 0e 03 90 ff df 00  15 30 36 91 00 ff b7 00  |.........06.....|
000009b0  73 3a d8 99 22 ff 7b 00  62 a5 ac 45 80 fc ee 00  |s:..".{.b..E....|
000009c0  95 c6 c6 c3 00 ff d7 00  08 00 4b 82 58 ff d9 00  |..........K.X...|
000009d0  b5 44 e1 78 00 ff fd 00  c9 e0 48 45 a1 ff ed 00  |.D.x......HE....|
000009e0  a3 8e 21 1e 82 e3 b1 00  94 9a d8 88 43 ff df 00  |..!.........C...|
000009f0  ac 28 c0 46 28 ff ee 00  43 42 6a 4d 20 ff 67 00  |.(.F(...CBjM .g.|
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000009e0  2b d8 51 50 41 2a 03 9b  83 93 0b 73 3b 03 a1 7b  |+.QPA*.....s;..{|
000009f0  03 41 4b 9b 03 99 63 2b  4b 39 43 63 03 a1 7b 03  |.AK...c+K9Cc..{.|
00000a00  41 4b 9b 03 a1 2b 0b 6b  03 39 0b b1 2b 03 0b 03  |AK...+.k.9..+...|
00000a10  b9 43 4b 9b a3 63 2b 62  51 08 71 23 03 0b bb 0b  |.CK..c+bQ.q#....|
00000a20  cb 03 a1 43 2b cb 03 09  63 63 03 31 63 2b bb 03  |...C+...cc.1c+..|
00000a30  61 4b 59 2b 03 a3 43 2b  03 21 7b b9 73 03 79 33  |aKY+..C+.!{.s.y3|
00000a40  03 0b 03 a1 43 4b 9b a3  63 2b 72 51 10 a9 a3 03  |....CK..c+rQ....|
00000a50  4b 02 41 2b 0b 93 23 03  41 49 6b 03 2b c3 1b 63  |K.A+..#.AIk.+..c|
00000a60  0b 4b 69 63 01 2b 93 2b  03 41 2b 03 21 93 7b b3  |.Kic.+.+.A+.!.{.|
00000a70  2b 03 79 ab a3 03 79 33  03 99 4b 3b 43 a0 63 51  |+.y...y3..K;C.cQ|
00000a80  42 0a 82 81 ca 02 1a 42  92 4a 9a a2 6a 0a 9a 02  |B......B.J..j...|
00000a90  a1 7a 02 09 62 61 62 01  0a 72 22 02 a1 7a 02 09  |.z..bab..r"..z..|
00000aa0  62 62 02 09 02 39 7a 79  22 6a 72 4a 3a 41 a2 0a  |bb...9zy"jrJ:A..|
00000ab0  50                                                |P|
00000ab1

-- 
Ben.

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#53598

FromColin <a@b.com>
Date2022-12-22 19:33 +1300
Message-ID<to0toa$1skd$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#53592
> 
> Finally, here are the same two texts but processed by the second,
> harder, scrambler:
> 
> 00000000  1b 49 73 1b 63 ab 21 2b  03 e3 99 a3 23 4b 7b 71  |.Is.c.!+....#K{q|
> 00000010  41 f3 53 50 48 71 a3 03  71 1b 03 e9 01 81 db 51  |A.SPHq..q......Q|
> 00000020  48 71 a3 03 13 63 7b 1a  5b db c1 e9 da 53 50 b0  |Hq...c{.[....SP.|

scos2 29 31

j ^g<! 568kKbzU!
2X/2X/2XY 2X/3Y/3Y  b
2X/2X/2YY 2Y/2Y/2Y  p
2X/2X/2ZY 2Y?3X/3Y  [
2X/2X/2aY 2X/3Y/3Y  b
2X/2X/2bY 2Y?2X/3Y  9
2X/2X/2cY 3X?2Y/3Y  b
2X/2X/2dY 2X?2X/2Y  C
2X/2X/2eY 2X?2Y/3Y  N
2X/2X/2fY 2X/2X/3Y  b
2X/2X/2gY 3Y?2X/3Y  b
^ D}gM Mx lb,6b,6b,6b,6b,6/ 568kKbzU!
^

}; iR"uP &u F];P hU^pK M)cF-vB@v T^gO" gS"tV >tA 8kQ
&u \&v f

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#53603

FromRichard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Date2022-12-22 08:21 +0000
Message-ID<to142n$1amsv$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#53598
On 22/12/2022 6:33 am, Colin wrote:
>>
>> Finally, here are the same two texts but processed by the second,
>> harder, scrambler:
>>
>> 00000000  1b 49 73 1b 63 ab 21 2b  03 e3 99 a3 23 4b 7b 71  
>> |.Is.c.!+....#K{q|
>> 00000010  41 f3 53 50 48 71 a3 03  71 1b 03 e9 01 81 db 51  
>> |A.SPHq..q......Q|
>> 00000020  48 71 a3 03 13 63 7b 1a  5b db c1 e9 da 53 50 b0  
>> |Hq...c{.[....SP.|
> 
> scos2 29 31
> 
> j ^g<! 568kKbzU!

To get that to work, I had to tell scos to encrypt instead of 
decrypting. Kinda upside down, mate.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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#53614

FromColin <a@b.com>
Date2022-12-23 20:47 +1300
Message-ID<to3mdl$k0v$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#53603
On 22/12/22 21:21, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 22/12/2022 6:33 am, Colin wrote:
>>>
>>> Finally, here are the same two texts but processed by the second,
>>> harder, scrambler:
>>>
>>> 00000000  1b 49 73 1b 63 ab 21 2b  03 e3 99 a3 23 4b 7b 71 
>>> |.Is.c.!+....#K{q|
>>> 00000010  41 f3 53 50 48 71 a3 03  71 1b 03 e9 01 81 db 51 
>>> |A.SPHq..q......Q|
>>> 00000020  48 71 a3 03 13 63 7b 1a  5b db c1 e9 da 53 50 b0 
>>> |Hq...c{.[....SP.|
>>
>> scos2 29 31
>>
>> j ^g<! 568kKbzU!
> 
> To get that to work, I had to tell scos to encrypt instead of 
> decrypting. Kinda upside down, mate.
> 

I used your scos2 c implementation,
also I checked my command history and found

cat p.txt | scos2 -e 29 31

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#53615

FromRichard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Date2022-12-23 08:11 +0000
Message-ID<to3nqo$1l7nm$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#53614
On 23/12/2022 7:47 am, Colin wrote:
> On 22/12/22 21:21, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 22/12/2022 6:33 am, Colin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Finally, here are the same two texts but processed by the 
>>>> second,
>>>> harder, scrambler:
>>>>
>>>> 00000000  1b 49 73 1b 63 ab 21 2b  03 e3 99 a3 23 4b 7b 71 
>>>> |.Is.c.!+....#K{q|
>>>> 00000010  41 f3 53 50 48 71 a3 03  71 1b 03 e9 01 81 db 51 
>>>> |A.SPHq..q......Q|
>>>> 00000020  48 71 a3 03 13 63 7b 1a  5b db c1 e9 da 53 50 b0 
>>>> |Hq...c{.[....SP.|
>>>
>>> scos2 29 31
>>>
>>> j ^g<! 568kKbzU!
>>
>> To get that to work, I had to tell scos to encrypt instead of 
>> decrypting. Kinda upside down, mate.
>>
> 
> I used your scos2 c implementation,
> also I checked my command history and found
> 
> cat p.txt | scos2 -e 29 31

Then you might want to hack your source to expect a - switch 
marker, because my version expects a raw 'e'.

     int mode = (argv[1][0] == 'e') ? E : D;

If it doesn't get one, it goes to mode D, which is decryption.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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#53607

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2022-12-22 12:53 +0000
Message-ID<87cz8bsipx.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#53598
Colin <a@b.com> writes:

>> Finally, here are the same two texts but processed by the second,
>> harder, scrambler:
>> 00000000  1b 49 73 1b 63 ab 21 2b  03 e3 99 a3 23 4b 7b 71  |.Is.c.!+....#K{q|
>> 00000010  41 f3 53 50 48 71 a3 03  71 1b 03 e9 01 81 db 51  |A.SPHq..q......Q|
>> 00000020  48 71 a3 03 13 63 7b 1a  5b db c1 e9 da 53 50 b0  |Hq...c{.[....SP.|
>
> scos2 29 31
>
> j ^g<! 568kKbzU!
> 2X/2X/2XY 2X/3Y/3Y  b
> 2X/2X/2YY 2Y/2Y/2Y  p
> 2X/2X/2ZY 2Y?3X/3Y  [
> 2X/2X/2aY 2X/3Y/3Y  b
> 2X/2X/2bY 2Y?2X/3Y  9
> 2X/2X/2cY 3X?2Y/3Y  b
> 2X/2X/2dY 2X?2X/2Y  C
> 2X/2X/2eY 2X?2Y/3Y  N
> 2X/2X/2fY 2X/2X/3Y  b
> 2X/2X/2gY 3Y?2X/3Y  b
> ^ D}gM Mx lb,6b,6b,6b,6b,6/ 568kKbzU!
> ^
>
> }; iR"uP &u F];P hU^pK M)cF-vB@v T^gO" gS"tV >tA 8kQ
> &u \&v f

Is that a question?  I don't want to say anything unless you want me to!
Your post may have been intended for the group to consider your findings
rather than have me say something definitive about it.

-- 
Ben.

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#53610

FromColin <a@b.com>
Date2022-12-23 07:13 +1300
Message-ID<to26os$6mi$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#53607
> 
> Is that a question?  I don't want to say anything unless you want me to!

Nope

> Your post may have been intended for the group to consider your findings
> rather than have me say something definitive about it.
> 

Correct


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#53608

FromRichard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com>
Date2022-12-22 12:53 +0000
Message-ID<to1k0b$1cdo1$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#53592
On 22/12/2022 02:25, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> OK, so here's a seasonal challenge.  I've devised two scramblers, one
> easy(ish) and the other, I think, harder.  Two texts -- the same two
> texts -- have been scrambled with both, so if you crack either code you
> will have two full cribs for the other.
> 
> I'm happy to give hints (using scos), answer questions or provide more
> encrypted text.  I hope there are enough clues in the output to provide
> threads to pull on.
> 
> The encrypted texts are given as the output of a hex dump command (hd on
> my machine).
> 
> First, a short text encoded with scrambler 1:
> 


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FK/ Rm+FUy* Mh4+Uh7,OD o |j6: Ak8iX n&Ah 6*?lL

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#53616

FromColin <a@b.com>
Date2022-12-23 22:18 +1300
Message-ID<to3rog$nsk$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#53608
scos2 12 25


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Qp^\Xw+Fe3~Ml!.O9)Cb0[@Po$<Wv_Zcy:'5,-u
9?Sr*AZy{Hg5@On$:mv-Edi8/Qq^\Y)+Ck$JpT\
Nm">Ut)Cb0[Ji7:Qp9PYx=#Ll9?Ss(WZv#K2?gr

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2{FW!{Im4r

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#53619

FromRichard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com>
Date2022-12-23 15:07 +0000
Message-ID<to4g84$1oet5$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#53616
On 23/12/2022 09:18, Colin wrote:
> 
> scos2 12 25
> 
> 
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> 
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> &|Yx=Gf4'Nm";lu_Dc1]Kjo^\Xv+Ee}#Ir^PvlE
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> $,Vu_Dc1]Kj8/Rl:AZy{Hgl">Ts(Cb+}Fn9MsQB
> Qp^\Xw+Fe3~Ml!.O9)Cb0[@Po$<Wv_Zcy:'5,-u
> 9?Sr*AZy{Hg5@On$:mv-Edi8/Qq^\Y)+Ck$JpT\
> Nm">Ut)Cb0[Ji7:Qp9PYx=#Ll9?Ss(WZv#K2?gr
> 
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> 2{FW!{Im4r
> 


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#53620

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2022-12-23 17:48 +0000
Message-ID<871qoqroxl.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#53619
Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:

23 12

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^, ,Becp^d

-- 
Ben.

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#53652

FromRichard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com>
Date2022-12-28 11:14 +0000
Message-ID<toh8eo$3uov0$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#53620
On 23/12/2022 17:48, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 23 12
> 
> S r #MIiu 77*A| Tnx! 4_ # QgWx\7]IT fsp$d
> 
> ^|IhgC) ],Gf hsv +?;N_  Uw^ 6'BPfs sx@[ AX[
> 
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> " Sk57%p j-UpHD
> 
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> ^, ,Becp^d
> 

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#53654

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2022-12-28 17:44 +0000
Message-ID<87sfgzjucs.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#53652
Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:

Spoiler alert: hints follow...

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Ze75)C QX nw7} )M MMis9^ \\H Rpq3 &{MOWv 9* >CFcZ(

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?P *W5L 5 _/RfYs9 +|DETs 14 $;NY Srt 2[DL *jmL 5 _/RfYs9 +|DETs 14 $;NY#

M y&^'SNm0x)>|Y YYn0 *\ \Dger* $G Haefu_=\D ccl u%>G Ae n1!^,:Pbf4
"_'BZ ks 1!#?KP pw $$+ DLMgx w+{ >QRs"^@#< Hax8 }=,I Wj0 !9</AX
c50[DKKXot 7{.\Jae96[J6

-- 
Ben.

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#53713

FromRichard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com>
Date2023-01-05 10:21 +0000
Message-ID<tp68av$2pt02$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#53654
On 28/12/2022 17:44, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Spoiler alert: hints follow...
> 
> 28 12
> 
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> |
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> O )`TCPQq`^38\`U,C >v1),FGk`74*#`SLdgk`@9`G>Edc
> F
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> g l~c/W jj) \-$Ca u9=C:Q aRnq$[x@TJ +s#3 +'A jj5|R@C aa9 yCUEc
> F Q=% 6 FGfNs;^\ c/W 8vw(':@NP Z;= EhcE W -?L>T:
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> v -) Cv899 ==#R 2&c /^F,pJZ3 AIU# 04=k' \N OOxw+t
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> X /7B bovv&[BGe uo%$ 1LQV $" ))# ,Naq36< HFcc jt=+^
> ! .l R!{}J ,Wb6 (4! HOUl4%^D PXju &_,|D xc d3$,>8
> [
> , g6_A CY gf"!~FPUt 3t' >CO Oj49)D2 Eju VN{ ANaUoK
> 
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> Ze75)C QX nw7} )M MMis9^ \\H Rpq3 &{MOWv 9* >CFcZ(
> 
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> ?P *W5L 5 _/RfYs9 +|DETs 14 $;NY Srt 2[DL *jmL 5 _/RfYs9 +|DETs 14 $;NY#
> 
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> "_'BZ ks 1!#?KP pw $$+ DLMgx w+{ >QRs"^@#< Hax8 }=,I Wj0 !9</AX
> c50[DKKXot 7{.\Jae96[J6
> 

5 1

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7 .GFH :;EvM M|A <LX PBVWIWT*

z: dSahUWj dgkY kalnke xqxpi.2m kopz v18u8w"%zzT &30$%#Y  u^]:dN

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#53717

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2023-01-05 11:36 +0000
Message-ID<87ilhlkyb4.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#53713
Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:

The trick to good crypto-puzzles is to give them have enough threads to
pull on that there is always something interesting to pursue without
there being so many possibilities that it seems totally arbitrary.  A
text with no patterns is boring, but one with too many is almost as bad.
I don't think I got this right.  Anyway, I hope there was some
entertainment in it.

Full spoiler below...

5 1

A s z20o 4tn7 8xr" &u% w 9y()9{7 6*]"e !@@ u &^~e> }{\ 'Ar
t 7 .GFH :;EvM M|A <LX PBVWIWT*

zCRTe Vg iXV kXWjja. !hbtgiw( vvnE'

fus qy!! t"z w^2 *^-2=88 ^- 9-}%=; ~- DG XY ~p]r C:C;: @NJ>K2  !PP QFD
RPVDXNUU Qb XZf bPkYfml VZYXsre ujh fnzz i0o y6zpt7vv t$ v "^$5(1^&8=
I_$EN {-_+? ',@-}< A@~, H?:B <CGD<G|JQGMG B DLX aKJbXb(

  egOiYT agn do*qdt)errxz 1v1srzrr rxr9 .v_&1*V 8^+ *H
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08^2-~ 6!98'~& %+/ H <;<@{ =] ,, D/; \/.J F< MB| BFPRT CaWI FTK JRd t Uf
cc jYW kcbdq me tig vihuulD  dsu5 !p8 r5 17vz)2*_5&= *%}]8_^ [[ [< @*?,n
2 \',D>' ?~J? J\GNACP IGJE TQPITTL TXYVUaU Pj kZX Vdpp Ymd oqw ey zom
lyoqH  c2sv *7^ %01 (60- 2 -)}6]*{{ [( ^=?? [> [?'.' <<w 9 G><DB LA\
MAPR RHPWOH MGcM KOPZ ZOSU dgkY bqbqracnh\

Nt0m0o35v1v1&O 68 991 33"$ !*{_ ); #]!]H  6+_ /;,_\'>>u ]J P >B ;BF.DM
JB a9 LALGV XMK MZNafQaQn TZkmldXrrhoo qi f3zl0 4o2! 5w1y2s! %9 &4y) ^6
g*!*^[& ~^?;; =~ ([;_,E YE:D/ EC':. K|< GJOQ ANMNQQ GMGYILdPd5{  ;kk fh
Uopbkot bv d wzhz1r355v22 sr5 uy %*z03)_7{&Z

z^$ ^)~@: '.AB'{opq  !<v 8p\| EEJL ? M|L<P|TF THTQe HJXee fUOi Zlkm ci
YXqd spoh mx y0quv tz6s6u9"xxP

W!=+0[Y l "_+" #*!@ [# ~~- {:< \.> ~AEDFE'I..123

5 n- RGOVIKX RUYM YOZbYS leldW{qa Ycdn jpwiwkz1nnH 3ro01&M  i2^-RB

x4_Y l {$^-) ;)@_ ~)';~= +#',<:<: .A ,/.:K MB|OB RGIOIV KT G SWc
LPfgSg[  FZ pYgh:  Qsasv spftuqwq q04 1t%! *xu$ 9"-.

-- 
Ben.

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#53720

FromRichard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com>
Date2023-01-05 13:27 +0000
Message-ID<tp6j8h$2qq2t$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#53717
On 05/01/2023 11:36, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> The trick to good crypto-puzzles is to give them have enough threads to
> pull on that there is always something interesting to pursue without
> there being so many possibilities that it seems totally arbitrary.  A
> text with no patterns is boring, but one with too many is almost as bad.
> I don't think I got this right.  Anyway, I hope there was some
> entertainment in it.

I think you got it right.  There's no point if its too easy.

I enjoyed it anyway.

> 
> Full spoiler below...
> 
> 5 1
> 
> A s z20o 4tn7 8xr" &u% w 9y()9{7 6*]"e !@@ u &^~e> }{\ 'Ar
> t 7 .GFH :;EvM M|A <LX PBVWIWT*
> 
> zCRTe Vg iXV kXWjja. !hbtgiw( vvnE'
> 
> fus qy!! t"z w^2 *^-2=88 ^- 9-}%=; ~- DG XY ~p]r C:C;: @NJ>K2  !PP QFD

Ahh.  I should've seen that.

Hopefully this decodes ...


00000000: 1b49 731b 63ab 212b 03e3 99a3 234b 7b71  .Is.c.!+....#K{q
00000010: 41f3 5318 4973 1b63 ab23 2b03 e199 a323  A.S.Is.c.#+....#
00000020: 4b71 a373 40f3 5153 1821 2b33 4b71 2b03  Kq.s@.QS.!+3Kq+.
00000030: 927a a2ab 4171 4901 4141 714b e1e1 a901  .z..AqI.AAqK....
00000040: e103 4171 4bf1 f189 c849 5153 a873 4b7b  ..AqK....IQS.sK{
00000050: 7303 1163 7b1b 5b50 d853 0101 0103 a94b  s..c{.[P.S.....K
00000060: 71a3 c3f9 a203 19db a2e8 da51 0101 0103  q..........Q....
00000070: a94b 71a3 9b93 f9a2 0161 db51 e8db 5350  .Kq......a.Q..SP
00000080: 4871 a303 6b0b 4b73 43b1 7b4b 234b 51d8  Hq..k.KsC.{K#KQ.
00000090: 5100 0103 0149 71a3 0318 db51 0101 0103  Q....Iq....Q....
000000a0: a973 4b7b 7303 1163 7b1b 5b03 1163 7b1b  .sK{s..c{.[..c{.
000000b0: 5bd8 5150 0101 0103 b943 4b63 2b01 4189  [.QP.....CKc+.A.
000000c0: 4951 0001 0101 d953 0001 0101 0101 0103  IQ.....S........
000000d0: 1163 7b1b 5b72 19db 99e9 02e9 0181 d851  .c{.[r.........Q
000000e0: 5001 0101 0101 0103 0149 3103 4103 4119  P........I1.A.A.
000000f0: 01e9 0133 3b2b a11b 439b a323 4973 4b49  ...3;+..C..#IsKI
00000100: 01e9 ea01 2979 3202 4b01 1193 2b0b 58db  ....)y2.K...+.X.
00000110: 5101 0101 0101 0103 0111 637b 1b5b 7319  Q.........c{.[s.
00000120: da82 e901 e901 18db 5151 0001 0101 0101  ........QQ......
00000130: 0101 4933 0341 0141 1903 e903 313b 2ba3  ..I3.A.A....1;+.
00000140: 1b43 99a3 234b 7349 4901 e9e9 012a 7a32  .C..#KsII....*z2
00000150: 0149 0113 932b 095b db51 0001 0101 0101  .I...+.[.Q......
00000160: 0101 1363 7b19 5b73 19db 8ae9 02e9 0119  ...c{.[s........
00000170: db51 5000 0101 0101 0101 0349 3301 4101  .QP........I3.A.
00000180: 4119 03eb 0131 3b2b a31b 4399 a323 4b71  A....1;+..C..#Kq
00000190: 4b49 01e9 e902 297a 3102 4903 1193 2b0b  KI....)z1.I...+.
000001a0: 5bd9 5100 0101 0101 0101 0311 637b 1b5b  [.Q.........c{.[
000001b0: 7219 db91 e902 eb01 19d8 5150 0101 0101  r.........QP....
000001c0: 0101 0301 1163 7b1b 5b73 6101 e901 927a  .....c{.[sa....z
000001d0: a2ab 4111 637b 1b5b 7361 48d9 5151 0001  ..A.c{.[saH.QQ..
000001e0: 0101 0101 0101 3383 aba1 1b43 1363 7b19  ......3....C.c{.
000001f0: 5b73 19db 8ae9 6201 9ba3 237b aba3 48d9  [s....b...#{..H.
00000200: 5101 0101 0101 0103 0131 83ab a31b 4311  Q........1....C.
00000210: 637b 1b5b 7319 da92 e963 0199 a323 7ba9  c{.[s....c...#{.
00000220: a34b d951 0001 0101 0101 0103 3183 aba3  .K.Q........1...
00000230: 1b43 1163 7b1b 5b72 19db 81e9 6203 99a3  .C.c{.[r....b...
00000240: 237b aba1 4bd9 5100 0103 01e9 5150 0001  #{..K.Q.....QP..
00000250: 0101 4933 0343 0111 637b 1b5b 7319 da82  ..I3.C..c{.[s...
00000260: e901 09e9 0239 e171 3b01 4951 0001 0101  .....9.q;.IQ....
00000270: 0101 0103 3183 aba3 1b42 39e1 713b 6103  ....1....B9.q;a.
00000280: 99a3 237b aba1 4bd9 5150 0001 0101 932b  ..#{..K.QP.....+
00000290: a3ab 9373 0181 d950 e853 0a              ...s...P.S.






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#53729

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2023-01-05 18:06 +0000
Message-ID<87sfgokg9a.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#53720
Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:

> On 05/01/2023 11:36, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> writes:
>> The trick to good crypto-puzzles is to give them have enough threads to
>> pull on that there is always something interesting to pursue without
>> there being so many possibilities that it seems totally arbitrary.  A
>> text with no patterns is boring, but one with too many is almost as bad.
>> I don't think I got this right.  Anyway, I hope there was some
>> entertainment in it.
>
> I think you got it right.  There's no point if its too easy.
>
> I enjoyed it anyway.

Oh, good.

>> Full spoiler below...
>> 5 1
>> A s z20o 4tn7 8xr" &u% w 9y()9{7 6*]"e !@@ u &^~e> }{\ 'Ar
>> t 7 .GFH :;EvM M|A <LX PBVWIWT*
>> zCRTe Vg iXV kXWjja. !hbtgiw( vvnE'
>> fus qy!! t"z w^2 *^-2=88 ^- 9-}%=; ~- DG XY ~p]r C:C;: @NJ>K2  !PP QFD
>
> Ahh.  I should've seen that.
>
> Hopefully this decodes ...
>
> 00000000: 1b49 731b 63ab 212b 03e3 99a3 234b 7b71  .Is.c.!+....#K{q
...
> 00000280: 99a3 237b aba1 4bd9 5150 0001 0101 932b  ..#{..K.QP.....+
> 00000290: a3ab 9373 0181 d950 e853 0a              ...s...P.S.

Yup.  Well done.  There's a silly detail about the end when the input is
not an exact multiple, but that hardly matters.

-- 
Ben.

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#53719

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2023-01-05 11:38 +0000
Message-ID<87cz7tky8i.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#53713
This is a full spoiler for the other (first) holiday puzzle...

5 1

Ynl nr135 r1r4u060 3^ x9(^ 22+88 -- 9('' -] &]@_~,q =BB ;'C; G>? :|LL .MA
iRQAOUSSXKKt RX L ediPhV eTnmeu/  7x9 cuvf4z i0o xu4537vv tv9** (64
_*{{$~"]~ '[ [#;?{+),\ }@{@\\#\x  4D :.MO>H QP|NTRRWNZPWW 45 RYWefZfZ
UWkrr shf odms jpipyymy ?. 8vw5yy w 86)_$6 =)_ }&-}+&g  6+_ /+>\;| @A
.\EE B? HJIM>NPNB st AMN RRJY HVM KWX mSge SqmYn WYmtne,  Pe3hl 1xy x6pv
798$v%&%1S

-- 
Ben.

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