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| From | Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.crypt |
| Subject | Re: Holiday puzzles... |
| Date | 2022-12-22 12:53 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <to1k0b$1cdo1$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <87edsstbs7.fsf@bsb.me.uk> |
On 22/12/2022 02:25, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> OK, so here's a seasonal challenge. I've devised two scramblers, one
> easy(ish) and the other, I think, harder. Two texts -- the same two
> texts -- have been scrambled with both, so if you crack either code you
> will have two full cribs for the other.
>
> I'm happy to give hints (using scos), answer questions or provide more
> encrypted text. I hope there are enough clues in the output to provide
> threads to pull on.
>
> The encrypted texts are given as the output of a hex dump command (hd on
> my machine).
>
> First, a short text encoded with scrambler 1:
>
12 25
U* ) W7<Pu _:N w-lRx/Q Y- >Tw"GUz{ |h9 >Ie !<Vn !;h$ :Bt^q # j6F(
= "?l v*Sx]ra3} 3 {F.
W ( +Fm6
~ h s),
U % (Ce6
] d p%,
S 9 )\b
z A Fh2~
Q 5 !/Yy
= V Y
X9} Ks- GTp +Igy }Br2 ]Qw%.gF
K |W^ #Eu5O-l(G : LiX
z F Km7/
Q ! &<d3
= a d
5 I Ml)<
W % }Jc
3 E Ii!<
U 9 +Ec
1 A Je7
s\ : 1^Fkv+R q3+Y \Xw
Uy' GT7bj] G gnD<1wK\8xRH&6YQ9A
d2# ?@R -' Vp} #Diy& Sj"'$ C^' S2 +,R7]X b"]YB 8LPq]O q0=Tf 8D Mw"JdD/7
FK/ Rm+FUy* Mh4+Uh7,OD o |j6: Ak8iX n&Ah 6*?lL
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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
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