moonlit Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 A couple of people over on the IRC (irc://irc.hak5.org/hak5) were talking about encoded text and such, I thought I'd post a teaser for you all here: 33363443343234393234323035303444344434363439303000 The first person to figure out what it says gets a whole bag of cookies. Quote
Loki Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Do we at least get some clue as to the encryption method? :? Quote
Brennan Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 it says 33363443343234393234323035303444344434363439303000 Quote
moonlit Posted October 27, 2006 Author Posted October 27, 2006 Do we at least get some clue as to the encryption method? :? Since you asked, maybe :p It's encoded several times using a few different methods. It involves using hex. Quote
spektormax Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 moonlit: encryption algarithums are designed so that you couldn't ever be able to figure out what they are. This adds to the security thru obscurity factor. Also I dont see any A-F's so it doesn't look like hex, it might just be numbers (decimal). Theres a chance that its soemtign of the MD* or HMAC MD* or RIPEMD* or anything that has a hex output but its just converted from hex into decimal Quote
moonlit Posted October 27, 2006 Author Posted October 27, 2006 moonlit: encryption algarithums are designed so that you couldn't ever be able to figure out what they are. True but there's some smart people on here and I believe it's not actually that hard to crack if you figure out the first step. converted from hex into decimal Shall we call that a hint? ;) Quote
Guest Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 converting something from dec to hex doesnt really add anything to the encryption its just another way to represent the same number. Quote
moonlit Posted October 27, 2006 Author Posted October 27, 2006 That is true but if you don't know what it's representing you don't know where to go next :) Quote
Duelus Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 what ever happened to the guy that posted and asked us to decrypt, "hak5 is leet" but he wrote it backwards, that was all, no hex or dec just plain backwards wtf, </sleep deprived rant> Quote
barrytone Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Got it. PMed Moonlit :) Won't ruin it for everyone else :P Quote
moonlit Posted October 27, 2006 Author Posted October 27, 2006 Yeah, barrytone was correct, anyone else got it? Cookies for barrytone! Quote
barrytone Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 COOKIES FOR ME! It's my birthday next week too :) What kinda cookies? :D Quote
Rab Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 it's NOT this... 33 36 34 43 34 32 34 39 32 34 32 30 35 30 34 44 34 44 34 36 34 39 30 30 00 3 6 4 C 4 2 4 9 2 4 2 0 5 0 4 D 4 D 4 6 4 9 0 0 0 36 4C 42 49 24 20 50 4D 4D 46 49 00 0 6 L B I $ P M M F I or this... 3336344334323439323432303530344434443436343930300 16D4048A9EE0F30000000000000000000000000000 16 d4 04 8a 93 e0 f3 or this... 3336344334323439323432303530344434443436343930300 3336 3443 3432 3439 3234 3230 3530 3444 3444 3436 3439 3030 0 D08 D73 D68 D6F CA2 C9E DCA D74 D74 D6C D6F BD6 0 Quote
barrytone Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 Rab, I'm afraid it is! Moonlit, double choc chip would be great! :D Quote
moonlit Posted October 28, 2006 Author Posted October 28, 2006 Rab, I'm afraid it is! I'm saying nothing ;) Moonlit, double choc chip would be great! :D /me emails the cookies ^_^ Quote
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