Sujet : Re: The lost key
De : rjh (at) *nospam* cpax.org.uk (Richard Heathfield)
Groupes : sci.cryptDate : 01. Jun 2025, 03:57:45
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Organisation : Fix this later
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On 31/05/2025 19:30, Marcel Logen wrote:
Chris M. Thomasson in sci.crypt:
On 5/26/2025 12:36 PM, Marcel Logen wrote:
Not really, unless I get some more free time. I have to admit I was
tempted to look at the answer from Richard.
>
Otherwise I would like to present my way to the solution
in the next couple of days.
Should I wait a little longer?
Don't let him hold you up, Marcel. He's had two months to work on it, and I've even shipped him a bunch of known-plaintext ciphertexts by email (see below). Right now, your cryptanalytical insight[1] is likely to be more valuable than such play value as continues to attach to a two-month-old puzzle.
[1] No pressure. :-) It is what it is.
Here are some known plaintexts...
Mary had a little lamb.
249642037231470881923129657878710443174674059193977299277
The speckled cow flies through cloud.
1296219512136417102041151365021966785966292502184153733849634190981154439667161581794715732
ATTACK AT DAWN
53511909583457111643755322407146561 (since you ask)
They're onto you.
886931946673165125143854800083895292618836
Now is the winter of our discontent.
5063478677434937090482194981960272477858560856990308950588523342378065621259627087228750
If you cut infinity in half, you get twice as much.
6730396140179628122839581352770372803272827783463566750354458875168453153194032901228983947915930090302862087808746841466441
-- Richard HeathfieldEmail: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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