The keys

The key of every post this site can open. Three passwords built from the account name cover 3,513 of the 3,523 keyed posts; the other ten use seven keys between them.

Every keyed post is encrypted the same way. The key is the MD5 digest of a password, and the post is ciphertext under that key in two-key 3DES (3DES-EDE2), ECB mode for 3,515 posts and CBC for 8, with PKCS7 padding. Only the password changes from one key to the next. This page lists each key with the posts it opens, and its timeline puts each key on a row against the dates its posts were written.

Finding: the decrypted posts use three passwords, all built from the account name: the name itself (550 posts), the name written twice (272), and the name followed by a post's own title (2,691). The title password gives almost every post a key of its own: 2,669 posts have one, and only 11 keys are shared, each by two posts with the same title.

3,523posts with a recorded key: 3,522 decrypted, 1 more whose body is lost

2,689distinct keys

3,513posts keyed by the account name or the two passwords built from it

2,669posts with a key of their own: the name+title password, one per title

The keys

Each row is one key. The posts that share a key are listed, or, for the largest keys, collapsed. The rows are in the order the keys were first used.

Password	Key: MD5 of the password	Posts	First	Last	Which posts
`A858DE45F56D9BC9` the account name	`34a14a42e98ff96095af56604e290cae`	550	2011-07-04	2015-09-01	All 550 posts `ig7tl` `igg5w` `igmjv` `ihjuv` `iif3a` `j7525` `j7xpy` `j95o6` `jb62l` `jbnny` `jbucr` `ji1vn` `joc3i` `jvohf` `k7zqv` `mwub3` `my2v2` `mymne` `n0dbk` `p71hu` `pegdm` `v8pjw` `vmbiw` `vmbr3` `vmbtd` `vmbtn` `vmbv5` `vmbvc` `vmc1b` `vmc1n` `vmc33` `vmc38` `vmc55` `vmc5h` `vmcgg` `vmch8` `vmcjt` `vmcjx` `vmcud` `vmcxn` `vmd01` `vmd3p` `vmdjr` `vmdq9` `vmdvy` `vme2c` `vme8j` `vmeen` `vmejv` `vmeqf` `vmewa` `vmrh5` `vmrnl` `vmsae` `vmsaq` `vmsb6` `vmsbh` `vmsbr` `vmsc9` `vmscm` `vmsd5` `vmsdn` `vmsdx` `vmseg` `vmso6` `vmsxu` `vmt7q` `vmthn` `vmtrb` `vmu0h` `vmu9t` `vmuiu` `vmus0` `vmv17` `vmvaz` `vmvk4` `vmvtj` `vmw2m` `vmwbt` `vmwkm` `vmwu4` `vmx47` `vmxda` `vmxo9` `vmxy2` `vmy7c` `vn0ch` `vn0e0` `vn0vi` `vn0vx` `vn0wa` `vn0wf` `vn0wr` `vn125` `vn16h` `vn1ao` `vn1el` `vn1in` `vn1mf` `vn1r0` `vn1v7` `vn1zm` `vn238` `vn27t` `vn2bl` `vn2fl` `vn2j5` `vn2mu` `vn2qy` `vn2vf` `vn2yu` `vn32i` `vn36s` `vn3at` `vn3fk` `vn3jh` `vn3nl` `vn3ra` `vn3yr` `vn47s` `vn4gm` `vn4gr` `vn4h1` `vn4hf` `vn4hq` `vn4i6` `vn4ih` `vn4ip` `vn4j2` `vn4jd` `vn4jk` `vn4jt` `vn4k6` `vn4kc` `vn4km` `vn4kp` `vn4kw` `vn4l1` `vn4l9` `vn4lq` `vn4m1` `vn4m8` `vn4mh` `vn4mv` `vn4n5` `vn4nf` `vn4nr` `vn4o4` `vn4oh` `vn4os` `vn4p0` `vn4pc` `vn4pi` `vn53u` `vn5gb` `vn5r5` `vn62v` `vn6ep` `vn6qr` `vn73c` `vn7er` `vn7qi` `vn82a` `vn8el` `vn8q7` `vn92j` `vn9fu` `vn9su` `vna6y` `vnakj` `vnaxa` `vnb9v` `vnbnl` `vnc0n` `vncf3` `vnct1` `vnere` `vneug` `vney9` `vnf22` `vnf5o` `vnf9b` `vnfd0` `vnfgj` `vnfl1` `vnfoj` `vnfrn` `vnfv9` `vnfzc` `vnglh` `vnh7x` `vnhvv` `vnigw` `vnj3l` `vnjql` `vnkcd` `vnkxb` `vnlzb` `vnm6k` `vnmdq` `vnmkt` `vnmrv` `vnmyz` `vnn58` `vnnc0` `vnnvb` `vnof0` `vnozx` `vnpkh` `vnq4i` `vnqoe` `vnr8f` `vnrsj` `vnsbn` `vnswa` `vntgc` `vnu08` `vnul0` `vnv6c` `vnvsx` `vnwfs` `vnx1o` `vnxnv` `vny9a` `vnyty` `vnzfj` `vnzyb` `vo0ho` `vo140` `vo1ms` `vo26k` `vo2rt` `vo3c9` `vo3tw` `vo4da` `vo4x8` `vo5fi` `vo5z6` `vo6gq` `vo71s` `vo722` `vo90o` `voda6` `vodoo` `voe31` `voegg` `voetl` `vof6z` `vofke` `vofz2` `vogcr` `vogpi` `voh4j` `vohie` `vohxt` `voiep` `voivd` `vojde` `vojwl` `vokh4` `vol25` `voloa` `vomdx` `von46` `vonsw` `voojj` `vopbr` `voq64` `vor01` `voshn` `votps` `vouzs` `vow8j` `voxff` `voymm` `vozwj` `vp17x` `vp2ki` `vp3yn` `vp5a6` `vp6lb` `vp7xw` `vp9bc` `vpao3` `vpawr` `vpeod` `vpi8j` `vplrd` `vpp7k` `vpsnt` `vsb0z` `vsb20` `vsb2u` `vsb44` `vsb47` `vsb4b` `vsb4d` `vsb4g` `vsb4i` `vsb4l` `vsb4p` `vsb4r` `vsb4w` `vsb4y` `vsb52` `vsb57` `vsb5a` `vsb5c` `vsb5f` `vsb5h` `vsb5l` `vsb5p` `vsb5u` `vsb5z` `vsb64` `vsb69` `vsb6b` `vsb6e` `vseeg` `vsh96` `vsl4u` `vsqvs` `vsxm5` `vsyig` `vsyip` `vsyiu` `vsyj3` `vsyj9` `vsyjc` `vsyjk` `vsyjq` `vsyk2` `vsyk5` `vt5qt` `vtcql` `vtiw8` `vv2q4` `vv2qe` `vv2qq` `vv2qx` `vv2r5` `vvjmg` `vvqf7` `vw1d2` `vwd7a` `vy0wr` `vy4mk` `vy86b` `vybir` `vyev1` `vyib8` `vylpl` `vyp1p` `vys0a` `vyuje` `vywq3` `vyyjh` `vyzzi` `vz1eu` `vz2xw` `vz4q7` `vz722` `vz9yk` `vzd9n` `vzgt8` `vzkn7` `vzohg` `vzsds` `vzw63` `vzzwh` `w03ei` `w06nt` `w09ty` `w0cz9` `w0g2k` `w0j13` `w0lzs` `w0ovl` `w0rit` `w0tnk` `w0vkt` `w0x7s` `w2g3v` `w2hsk` `w2j9u` `w2kle` `w3fjs` `w3fl6` `w3hcr` `w3he6` `w3j24` `w3j3d` `w3krp` `w3ktb` `w3mkr` `w3mmh` `w3o8v` `w3oa1` `w3pvv` `w3px2` `w3rht` `w3rj9` `w3t5z` `w3t70` `w3uov` `w3uq3` `w3wde` `w3wf0` `w3y2x` `w3y4d` `w3ztj` `w3zv4` `w41kd` `w41lt` `w4351` `w436g` `w44oy` `w44qe` `w48v9` `w48wt` `w4c3c` `w4c45` `w4elb` `w4elt` `w4gmy` `w4gnp` `w4ive` `w4m4e` `w4qe3` `w4vfq` `w4z4y` `w50t1` `w54uu` `w56jz` `w5aem` `w5byk` `w5fl3` `w5h36` `w5kf4` `w5lsd` `w5ouh` `w5q63` `w5tb4` `w5umb` `w5xpj` `w5yxb` `w61ta` `w62w6` `w652a` `w65vw` `w67kq` `w685c` `w69cf` `w69xd` `w6b65` `w6bq0` `w6d6e` `w6dwo` `w6fx2` `w6gyi` `w6jn6` `w6kv1` `12yvg0` `14eki0` `14rq1g` `14ttv2` `14vre5` `14xfr4` `14xgfu` `14z8ua` `151c16` `153dh3` `155h75` `157lzz` `159n3g` `15bb4t` `15cd8y` `15cyph` `15epi1` `15gc69` `16d2fr` `16f8uv` `16h6ts` `16j9gs` `16lnal` `1ddbdz` `1ddk58` `1ddsxa` `1de124` `1de7uy` `1decn3` `1deg35` `1dejcq` `1denhd` `1detq9` `1df1lw` `1dfa0y` `1dfiqi` `1dfrl9` `1dfzup` `1dg842` `1dgggg` `1dgo9f` `1dgu2r` `1dgxy4` `1dh11f` `1dh467` `1dh8kg` `1dhex3` `1dhmru` `1dhvbq` `1di3wg` `1diclr` `1dikno` `1disms` `1dj0xa` `1dj83p` `1djddv` `1djgyz` `1djk0w` `1djnfc` `1djsi7` `1djzhi` `1dk7kf` `1dkfse` `1dkolp` `1dkx00` `1dl4tk` `1dlc80` `1dljwa` `1dlqh7` `1dlv6p` `1dlyi5` `1dm1j0` `1dm59c` `1dmaog` `1dmhql` `1dmpda` `1dmxb2` `1dn53p` `1dnc9w` `1ec2zo` `1ech58` `1ecuhi` `1ed6l4` `1ede7j` `1iwqql` `1mjpwt` `28o545` `3j99nf`
288 characters: see the post MD5 of jkscb's grid	`bbb21a107025d1debbd16a38cf94bf5f`	1	2011-08-16	2011-08-16	`jkuyr`
`0000DE45` sidebar value	`68c0bf44a604433c859df970a4a29f72`	3	2011-12-28	2011-12-29	`nt82j` `nu9gx` `nu9l9`
`f8278df7c61e8ed0b77cb19c2b0e6e20` MD5 of the hex string in the post's own header	`be6f3c56d94933d684ba221e180aa1be`	1	2012-01-06	2012-01-06	`o5o4o`
`C5EDCDEA87C43A03EC474CEC47C127E5` MD5 of the uppercase hex MD5 of "BORG"	`1dc53e459cb26479c68bec290dd9312d`	1	2012-02-01	2012-02-01	`p5dsk`
`A858` the label printed in the post	`ecbb313d995eac9d1745c0f56f9c8531`	2	2012-05-23	2012-05-25	`u1rti` `u58gm`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9A858DE45F56D9BC9` the account name, twice	`0dcc4bd9e114ebc42078977dc9125404`	272	2012-07-07	2012-08-13	All 272 posts `w707g` `w7081` `w76zc` `w76zx` `w7d4m` `w7d52` `w7jay` `w7jb9` `w7otf` `w7otp` `w7sd1` `w7sd8` `w7uva` `w7uvg` `w7xo1` `w7xo7` `w81vn` `w81w1` `w87p3` `w87pi` `w8kbe` `w8kbq` `w8xgp` `w8xgz` `w9amm` `w9amx` `w9irf` `w9irj` `w9pj0` `w9pj2` `wa38c` `wa38g` `wajfi` `wajfq` `wbbuy` `wbbvb` `wbqw4` `wbqwo` `wcjrw` `wcjsd` `wdc2k` `wdc2x` `wf8ov` `wfan5` `wg15j` `wg38c` `whb3q` `whd0f` `wi3nf` `wi5lf` `wj8zg` `wjalf` `wjv1n` `wjwex` `wktr8` `wkvcy` `wlfwj` `wlhb6` `wmiir` `wmkbh` `wnatb` `wncra` `wokvi` `womw0` `wpdub` `wpfry` `wqnyr` `wqpvu` `wrh3x` `wrj2z` `wsrho` `wstel` `wtjw0` `wtlvm` `wussq` `wuucr` `wwn23` `wwne4` `wwnoj` `wwnym` `wwo93` `wwo97` `wwohz` `wwok2` `wword` `wwoux` `wwp07` `wwp5w` `wwp9i` `wwpg5` `wwphy` `wwpq0` `wwpq1` `wwpz4` `wwq1f` `wwq8n` `wwqc7` `wwqht` `wwqnl` `wwqrd` `wwqxp` `wwqzf` `wwr7v` `wwr7w` `wwrfp` `wwrhk` `wwrod` `wwrs2` `wwrwt` `wws1j` `wws52` `wwscr` `wwsec` `wwsmb` `wwsmd` `wwsus` `x9ily` `x9md9` `x9mg1` `x9mi7` `x9mkj` `x9mmh` `x9mom` `x9mqx` `x9mt0` `x9mur` `x9mwz` `x9mzj` `x9n1l` `x9n3m` `x9n66` `x9n81` `x9nai` `x9nck` `x9nei` `x9ngg` `x9niu` `x9nkz` `x9nn3` `x9npq` `x9nsa` `x9nuv` `x9nxb` `x9nzj` `x9o1w` `x9o40` `x9o6d` `x9o8e` `x9oak` `x9ocz` `x9oez` `x9oh7` `x9oj6` `x9olb` `x9onh` `x9op7` `x9orr` `x9oty` `x9owa` `x9oyu` `x9p0w` `xet4g` `xetbw` `xetio` `xetpe` `xetvz` `xfi8u` `xfisq` `xfj9g` `xfjsn` `xfk99` `xfkot` `xhllk` `xhm7s` `xhmuh` `xhnhp` `xjcz5` `xjdv6` `xjeq9` `xjfng` `xjgj2` `xjhh5` `xjie7` `xjjcm` `xl4zd` `xlcs0` `xlkak` `xlr6w` `xlx8t` `xm1jn` `xm4un` `xm7qw` `xn0rg` `xn1xq` `xn34y` `xn4ck` `xn5in` `xn6qa` `xn7wt` `xn92k` `xna7o` `xnbay` `xncdp` `xndf7` `xtuge` `xtuur` `xtv8i` `xtvma` `xtvyb` `xtwbe` `xtwo1` `xtx19` `xtxei` `xtxsj` `y0ia4` `y0j54` `y0jzc` `y0kt5` `y0lqb` `y0mll` `y0ng9` `y0oay` `y0p4n` `y0py6` `y0qr0` `y0rh7` `y0s7x` `y0t0k` `y157m` `y15ax` `y15ei` `y15hz` `y15lu` `y15q0` `y2ma3` `y2msq` `y2nas` `y2ntf` `y2ob8` `y2otl` `y2pc9` `y2pvh` `y2qe6` `y2qwd` `y2rf2` `y2rxt` `y2sgp` `y2syz` `y2tga` `y2ty9` `y2ufb` `y2uwy` `y2vet` `y2vwx` `y2we7` `y2wwr` `y2xe5` `y2xuq` `y4ylh` `y4ypx` `y4yud` `y4z01` `y4z4e` `y4z99` `y4zdy` `y4zim` `y4znh` `y4zru` `y4zxi` `y5nqk` `y5nt9` `y5nvr`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9` + `title` the account name and the post's title	a key per post	2,669	2012-08-14	2014-02-25	each its own key: see the timeline
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201208170303` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`1475dad582b44dbe31efe8f0c1ef5f06`	2	2012-08-16	2012-08-17	`ybxul` `yd75b`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201208170333` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`d3c7fae97d6eb6388cf668d4924937d8`	2	2012-08-16	2012-08-17	`ybzv6` `yd88a`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201208170403` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`08d82f57d10d8406ad9f5a9d6af29d78`	2	2012-08-16	2012-08-17	`yc1xm` `yd950`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201208170433` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`5c84e139519997763ac9529d85ead4b9`	2	2012-08-16	2012-08-17	`yc41x` `yd9zq`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201208170503` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`529b3e5e4d9aeb645ad5a78545900105`	2	2012-08-16	2012-08-17	`yc632` `ydau3`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201208170513` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`4a67ab2000144b32b01093b17d2efc0e`	2	2012-08-16	2012-08-17	`yc6q9` `ydb3y`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201208170543` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`b3309213bfc91c6d0d8e1f664b4b5e2c`	2	2012-08-16	2012-08-17	`yc8hl` `ydbwj`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201209041430` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`377ae2de60268332977648e9d713f5a3`	2	2012-09-04	2012-09-04	`zbm9d` `zcj5x`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201210102100` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`670d1d25d967f9c1ec2365372dd5a34b`	2	2012-10-10	2012-10-11	`118xhk` `11a8b1`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201210110100` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`fa1ab2d6fcb749545a034ccf9e3fef42`	2	2012-10-10	2012-10-11	`1199c7` `11amzt`
`A858DE45F56D9BC9201210110500` the account name and the title, shared by these 2 posts	`90ebed72c913f13b4891c33057c23d07`	2	2012-10-10	2012-10-11	`119pai` `11av2m`
`2013` the year it greets	`8038da89e49ac5eabb489cfc6cea9fc1`	1	2012-12-31	2012-12-31	`15qth4`
`cakeday` a theme word	`48ba4a8691b7cef540d6a87e6b8fa55f`	1	2014-01-28	2014-01-28	`1we0v9`

Timeline

One lane per key, in the same order as the table. Each dot is a post at its posting time (UTC), linked to the post except in the lanes of more than 300 posts, and the line joins a key's first and last post. Hover for the post.

When the keys change

July 2011 to May 2012. Of the 29 keyed posts in this period, 21 use the account name's key, starting with igmjv on 4 July 2011. The other eight use five keys: three posts share the key of the sidebar value 0000DE45, two share the key of the label A858, and three have keys of their own.
From 26 June 2012. The bulk filler posts start on the account name's key.
7 July to 13 August 2012. The name written twice: 268 filler posts.
15 August 2012 to 8 October 2013. The name followed by each post's title: 2,682 filler posts and nine hand posts. A title is a 12-digit clock time, so two posts with the same title share a key.
December 2012 to May 2013. The account name's key comes back for 80 filler posts, interleaved with the title keys. Why is not explained.
From 16 October 2013. Every filler post is encrypted (6,120 of them), and none has a key on this site.

k7zqv is counted with the account name's posts. Its body is lost, but a 184-byte span of its plaintext survives in a comment, and that span decrypts under the account name's key.