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Re: The Near Future...

Post by Vulcan » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:36 pm

Congrats on solving the last one. I haven't had too much time to look around at the last cipher yet, but what is the result on the ciphertext of shuffling the rows like that?

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Re: The Near Future...

Post by CoyoteCreed » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:58 pm

The result is a simple substitution cipher of the ADFGVX row coordinates. Which results in a simple alphanumeric substitution cipher of the plaintext. Which I had generated Monday:

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1 3 0 2 4 5 :  SIHRAR7T7STHRJ7VGLQKFFLR7TQAIZGZLY7SVTMKCHIJGQKFFLRTIYIKVI5ZKTTHGTSZRCGKSRYIKXROIVRGVG5RSIMRBIZSMGSH7VETHAIKEHGLLTHRC7QHRASGVOITHRA5IAOQLGYLRGO7VEKQTI7TQRIQLRGAIKVOTHR5IALOGARCIKVT7VEOI5VTIGV7MQIATGVTRXRVTTH7SCIM7VEJA7OGYTHR2DTHGVOVI5YIKCGVTIIBKSTGSLIVOIV7SHIST7VETHRIQRV7VECRARMIVYJIATHRILYMQ7CSTH7SJA7OGYSITIISHGLLTHRX7LLRIQRVS7EVKQSJIATH7SYRGASX7LLYMQ7CSL76RLGSTYRGATHRARSHGLLZR2Z7ETRGMSCIMQRT7VE7VDEGMRSLII67VEJIAGSHGARIJTHRQI7VTSLGSTYRGASJRROZGC6HGSZRRV7VCIAQIAGTRO7VTIQLGVV7VESIRXRVTSTH7SYRGASHIKLOZRRXRVMIARJKVGVOAKVRXRVMIARSMIITHLYSIMREGMRSMGYTG6R1QRASIVITHRASMGYTG6R4IA8IAMIARLII6TIQGAT7C7QGTR7VTJ2LUOIOSMVCLUO2CSSM7VRCAGJTGVOGACGORGARYIKARGOYJIATHRGCT7IV7JSIZRSKARTIS7EVKQTH7SCIM7VEJA7OGYGVOERT7VTHREGMRJIASIMRX7LLYMQ7CELIAY0
That first set of numbers is the keyword columnar transposition, from a base order of 0 1 2 3 4 5. You'll notice all the letters and numbers in the third and sixth rows of the polybius square, which were unaffected by the row transpostion, are all correct. As Bill Simmons would say, I will now light myself on fire.

EDIT: In an earlier version of the explanation, I confused the row transposition with the columnar transpostion.
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Re: The Near Future...

Post by M's » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:39 pm

In your honor I shall toast you Coyote.

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Re: The Near Future...

Post by CoyoteCreed » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:50 pm

<eVa>mlite wrote:In your honor I shall toast you Coyote.
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Re: The Near Future...

Post by Boss Llama » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:24 pm

Well done, well done! Congrats to all the folks involved in cracking ciphers and solving puzzles - it is indeed true! The Villympics are upon us, and sign-ups will begin this Friday.

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Re: The Near Future...

Post by Plinko » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:53 pm

Great work, Coyote!!
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Re: The Near Future...

Post by Boss Llama » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:28 pm

Plinko wrote:Great work, Coyote!!
Indeed! Also, let's not forget the work of everybody who worked on puzzles in this thread! Coyote, Vulcan, Mr. Blah, Zork, and Arfy (who, let me point out, correctly guessed "Villympics" after only the 4th cipher!). All five of you will be getting a small prize from me soon for your work here, nicely done.

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Re: The Near Future...

Post by CoyoteCreed » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:07 pm

Alizée Fan wrote:...Arfy (who, let me point out, correctly guessed "Villympics" after only the 4th cipher!)...
That did not go unnoticed. If the word "Villympics" had appeared in any candidate decryption, my code would have flagged it.
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Re: The Near Future...

Post by arfy4 » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:20 pm

Yes, exactly as I suspected. And as far as I know today is Friday.

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