Re: What are the chances of this encrytion being broken?

On 26/03/2025 19:33, Marcel Logen wrote:

Richard Heathfield in sci.crypt:
 

I'd say we're an algorithm short of a crank. Anyone can post a
ciphertext:
>
33 EA B3 38 48 0D F3 00 51 A4 C9 8D 24 FE F9 00
A3 71 21 62 14 FB F7 00 44 16 EC 96 2A E3 EC 00
D4 D8 7E 7A 00 7F FE 00 79 36 B9 43 84 7C FD 00
FC 6A 8C 02 62 03 FC 00 9D 0C 60 04 60 7F FD 00
18 0F AE 07 88 FE BC 00
>
See?
>
(Hints available on request.)

 With the hint from Colin I could decrypt this.
 I had already thought that it would go in this direction.

I was really just seeing whether anyone was awake. I'll try to make the next one a bit more fun.
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