A858DE45F56D9BC9 archive

Manual posts 161

The posts made outside the scheduled program: 2011–2012 hand and tool posts, operator tests and a companion account's setup posts. Most carry content: quotes, messages, ASCII art, code, coordinates, prime tables, digests.

Status

Encryption

201120122013201420152016solvedif6wk (201107021324) 2011-07-02 A message: 'You appear to show interest in the data cycles ...'. Hex-ASCII.ig7tl (201107032359E) 2011-07-04 Tolstoy's 'patriot' quotation, a copy of igg5w. 3DES, key MD5(name).igg5w (201107040900) 2011-07-04 Tolstoy's 'patriot' quotation. 3DES, key MD5(name).ihi8v (201107051409) 2011-07-05 PostAnalyzer.cs, a plain copy of ihicx. Hex-ASCII.ihicx (201107051414) 2011-07-05 PostAnalyzer.cs: C# source that branches on the GUID version digit. Hex-ASCII.ihjuv (201107051505) 2011-07-05 PostAnalyzer.cs, a decrypted copy of ihicx. 3DES, key MD5(name).iif3a (201107061340) 2011-07-06 A quotation on conformity, attributed to JFK, with ASCII art. 3DES, key MD5(name).j7525 (201108022233) 2011-08-02 A quotation: 'It is by the goodness of God that in the United States...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).j7xpy (201108031752) 2011-08-03 A quotation: 'The search for static security...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).jb62l (201108061214) 2011-08-07 A quotation: 'Security is mostly a superstition...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).jbnny (201108071741) 2011-08-07 A quotation: 'Better beans and bacon in peace...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).je00i (201108091909) 2011-08-09 A GIF whose changed bytes hold a short link, http://bit.ly/nLGwKt. Hex-encoded GIF89a.jf2zh (201108101152) 2011-08-10 A GIF with a short message in its changed bytes. Hex-encoded GIF89a.jgxlk (201108121018) 2011-08-12 A GIF whose changed bytes are 34A14A42E98FF96095AF56604E290CAE, the MD5 of the name. Hex-encoded GIF89a.ji1vn (201108131938) 2011-08-13 A Gandhi quotation with the typo 'insigificant', which is A858's own. 3DES, key MD5(name).jjki4 (201108151758) 2011-08-15 A Max Lerner quotation in Unicode styling. Hex, Base64, UTF-8.jlcv0 (201108170156) 2011-08-17 A GIF whose changed bytes point to redd.it/jkuyr. Hex-encoded GIF89a.joc3i (201108192339) 2011-08-19 The IOCCC 2000 checkers program robison.c, byte for byte. 3DES, key MD5(name).jvohf (201108261730) 2011-08-27 'Lo and behold. I am the Internet.' Hex, then 3DES, key MD5(name), then Base64.k96b1 (201109081949) 2011-09-08 Stonehenge ASCII art signed A858. The body is lost: rebuilt from a decoded copy found elsewhere.kasf2 (201109091923) 2011-09-10 A ZIP archive containing troll.txt. Hex-encoded ZIP.mwub3 (201112011634) 2011-12-02 'Twas the Night Before Christmas', with look-alike Unicode characters. 3DES-ECB, key MD5(name).my2v2 (201112021751) 2011-12-02 Joan G. Stark's ASCII Christmas tree. 3DES, key MD5(name).nt82j (201112272111) 2011-12-28 ASCII fireworks and 'Happy New Year 2001'. 3DES, key MD5(0000DE45).nu9gx (201112281637) 2011-12-29 A '#' banner in ASCII art. 3DES, key MD5(0000DE45).nu9l9 (201112281640) 2011-12-29 Figlet ASCII art of the name. 3DES, key MD5(0000DE45).nui7j (201112282018) 2011-12-29 A figlet banner. Hex, then Base64. No key.p71hu (201202011755) 2012-02-02 Poe's quotation from 'Marginalia'. 3DES, key MD5(name).pegdm (201202070030) 2012-02-07 A Washington Post link to the 2012 earmarks story. 3DES, key MD5(name).12yvg0 (201211101158) 2012-11-10 The bot's restart time, 201212031123 (23 days later), with the MD5 from the jgxlk GIF. 3DES, key MD5(name).14oru6 (201212111702) 2012-12-11 A .NET 4 assembly: an inert environment-manager class. Hex-encoded binary.15cd8y (201212231409) 2012-12-23 'Merry Christmas'. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), IV presumed.15qth4 (201301010015) 2012-12-31 A UTF-8 'Happy New Year 2013' banner. 3DES-CBC, key MD5('2013'), first block lost.1mzs8v (201309230724) 2013-09-23 Plain JSON: the complete divisor list of the name's number, and ten consecutive primes.1we0v9 (201401281330) 2014-01-28 An ASCII birthday cake, 'H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y'. 3DES-CBC, key MD5('cakeday'), IV assumed.24sf75 (201405051316) 2014-05-05 'Hello. I have been silent...', decoded by the community. Hex-ASCII.24tmeo (201405052029) 2014-05-06 A word search, decoded by the community. Hex-ASCII.27po7c (201406091838) 2014-06-09 A Dogecoin address, a public string. Hex-ASCII.28o545 (201406201425) 2014-06-20 '... as planned. Vito is in the theater.' 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost; the opening word is inferred.2jtoce (201410210620) 2014-10-20 A boxed word puzzle: NEW EYE5 / NO ANSWERS / STILL W3AK / TOOL / AMOUNG YOU. Hex, Base64, hex, grid.2mtb1a (201411191708) 2014-11-19 Kryptos K1-K4 text, decoded by the community. Hex-ASCII.318vp8 (201504021845) 2015-04-02 PRESSTHEBUTTON. Hex, Base64, hex, binary columns.3hxe8v (201508212247) 2015-08-22 An AMA reply codebook, with hand-typed filler. Hex-ASCII codebook under an AMA key.3j99nf (201509011522) 2015-09-01 'The treasure is amoung the trash.' 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost.best-guessigmjv (201107041325) 2011-07-04 A masked GUID list: 8 GUIDs, seed 369. 3DES, key MD5(name). Open: the seed is tentative (only 8 digits).j95o6 (201108042016) 2011-08-04 A quotation framed in ASCII art that spells USA. 3DES, key MD5(name). Best guess: the 32-byte hex tail is two masked GUIljcad (201110201724) 2011-10-21 8 bytes, 0x257959 = 2,455,897: the Julian day of 2011-12-01, the day A858 resumed after a 42-day silence. Plain. Open: w14eki0 (201212061614) 2012-12-06 Colour words, 'RED YELLOW YELLOW...': 12 symbols, too few to verify a reading. 3DES, key MD5(name). Best guess: a hand-t14xfr4 (201212152045) 2012-12-16 Two lines of three-digit number groups. 3DES, key MD5(name). Best guess: a hand-typed numbers-station pastiche with no ppartialif4ro (201107021139) 2011-07-02 A 32-hex value in MD5 shape, '<-- f0ba04c1... <--'. Plain text. Open: its input; no preimage found.jobvj (201108192331) 2011-08-19 A table of the 303 primes from 2 to 1999, with some entries marked and the footer -ebacd-. Hex-ASCII, twice. Open: the mjobzh (201108192334) 2011-08-19 A table of the primes from 2003 to 4007, continuing jobvj, with some entries marked and the footer -daecb-. Hex-ASCII, tk7zqv (201109071444) 2011-09-07 A Carl Sagan quotation, 'Wonder and Skepticism'. Only a 184-byte span survives, from a comment. 3DES, key MD5(name). Opeu1rti (201205231544) 2012-05-23 A 40-hex SHA-1-shaped digest: the BitTorrent info-hash of 'Think Like Your Customer.rar'. 3DES, key MD5(A858). Open: theu58gm (201205251618) 2012-05-25 A 40-hex SHA-1-shaped digest. 3DES, key MD5(A858). Open: its preimage.114med (201210080311) 2012-10-08 Pyongyang coordinates, dates and codes. 3DES-ECB, key MD5(name+title). Open: the code AO34.11dxb7 (201210121742) 2012-10-12 Pyongyang coordinates and dates. 3DES-ECB, key MD5(name+title). Open: the codes 7T and -6.1iwqql (201307231045) 2013-07-23 A coordinate, a date and a token. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost. Open: what the numbers mean.1lfm8j (201308301957) 2013-08-30 Plain JSON: six prime values from one prime-tool self-test. Open: which inputs were chosen.1m9du0 (201309121358) 2013-09-12 Plain JSON: five prime values from the same self-test. Open: the inputs.1mj1is (201309161730) 2013-09-16 Plain JSON: five prime values from the same self-test. Open: the inputs.1mjpwt (201309162244) 2013-09-17 Two numbers, 6848584875 and 38.26701890000001. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost. Open: what they mean.26m8i4 (201405271242) 2014-05-27 A list of 16-byte digests, statistically genuine. Hex-ASCII. Open: their preimages.2r5t3n (201501022046) 2015-01-03 A prime table: 272 consecutive primes, each with its digits reversed, in descending order, with # and % marks. Hex-ASCII2twfhc (201501272341) 2015-01-27 An ASCII birthday cake, hex-encoded three times. Open: the inscription on its lower tier.explainedfada2 (201101271546) 2011-01-27 Plain list of 3 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.fafi0 (201101271745) 2011-01-28 Plain list of 17 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.favz3 (201101281055) 2011-01-28 Plain list of 11 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.fe5wc (201102021637) 2011-02-03 Plain list of 15 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.fp3j4 (201002201135) 2011-02-20 Plain list of 15 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.fqjgf (201102221304) 2011-02-22 Plain list of 22 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.fwvnu (201003031505) 2011-03-03 Plain list of genuine v4 GUIDs; the last record is cut off. No cipher.g96iw (201103221328) 2011-03-22 Plain list of 21 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.ge8oi (201103291456) 2011-03-29 Plain list of 15 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.ggsm0 (201104011703) 2011-04-02 Plain list of 13 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.gk9pj (201104061544) 2011-04-06 Plain list of 19 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.ibum0 (201106281817) 2011-06-29 Plain list of 14 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.idnf9 (201106301500) 2011-06-30 Plain list of 60 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.idqkr (201106301702) 2011-06-30 Plain list of 17 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.ied6n (201107011036) 2011-07-01 Plain list of 32 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.iejgs (201107011430) 2011-07-01 Plain list of 14 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.ietz9 (201107011324) 2011-07-02 Plain list of 18 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.ietzj (201107012325) 2011-07-02 Plain list of 9 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.ieu08 (201107011327) 2011-07-02 Plain list of 43 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.if4fl (201107021123) 2011-07-02 Two masked GUID lists split by a blank line: 19 GUIDs (seed 360) and 21 GUIDs (seed 318). No cipher.ifa54 (200707030409) 2011-07-02 Pre-automation masked GUID list: 22 GUIDs, seed 770. No cipher.ifhho (201107030256) 2011-07-03 Pre-automation masked GUID list: 44 GUIDs, seed 603. No cipher.ifhif (201107022259) 2011-07-03 Pre-automation masked GUID list: 128 GUIDs, seed 36. No cipher.ifxpi (201107031600) 2011-07-03 Pre-automation masked GUID list: 80 GUIDs, seed 527. No cipher.ihwxg (201107060000) 2011-07-06 32-bit word list, seed 393. No cipher.iiafz (201107051100) 2011-07-06 32-bit word list, seed 699. No cipher.iirqk (201107062222) 2011-07-07 32-bit word list, seed 107. No cipher.jbucr (201108071521) 2011-08-07 Pre-automation masked GUID list: 10 GUIDs, seed 494. 3DES, key MD5(name).jcm5f (201108081902) 2011-08-08 The baseline GIF: the reference that the other GIF posts are compared with. It holds no message. Hex-encoded GIF89a.jkscb (201108161340) 2011-08-16 A hex grid of 9 masked GUIDs, seed 880. Hex-ASCII. Its MD5 is the key of jkuyr.jkuyr (201108161354) 2011-08-16 A masked GUID list: 8 GUIDs, seed 469. 3DES, key MD5 of the jkscb grid.jqt3x (201108221116) 2011-08-22 32-bit word list, seed 102. No cipher.mymne (201112030249) 2011-12-03 32-bit word list, seed 798. 3DES, key MD5(name).n0dbk (201112041939) 2011-12-05 Pre-automation masked GUID list: 12 GUIDs, seed 702. 3DES, key MD5(name).n1ley (201112051941) 2011-12-05 32 words (seed 591), a zero record, then 32 masked GUIDs (seed 320). No cipher.o5o4o (201201060513) 2012-01-06 A masked GUID list, seed 563, inside a Base64 and hex container. 3DES, key MD5 of the header's hex string.p5dsk (201201311658) 2012-02-01 A masked GUID list: 32 GUIDs, seed 619. 3DES, key md5(md5 hex of 'BORG').v8pjw (201206181648) 2012-06-18 Pre-automation masked GUID list: 16 GUIDs, seed 31. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmbiw (201206260035) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 681. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmbr3 (201206260042) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 20 GUIDs, seed 996. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmbtd (201206260044) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 299. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmbtn (201206260044) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 894. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmbv5 (201206260046) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 850. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmbvc (201206260046) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 482. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmc1b (201206260052) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 265. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmc1n (201206260052) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 360. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmc33 (201206260053) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 386. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmc38 (201206260054) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 22 GUIDs, seed 317. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmc55 (201206260055) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 64. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmc5h (201206260055) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 8 GUIDs, seed 226. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmcgg (201206260106) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 11 GUIDs, seed 358. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmch8 (201206260106) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 23 GUIDs, seed 958. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmcjt (201206260109) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 11 GUIDs, seed 845. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmcjx (201206260109) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 46. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmcud (201206260119) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 20 GUIDs, seed 74. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmcxn (201206260122) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 173. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmd01 (201206260125) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 9 GUIDs, seed 918. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmd3p (201206260128) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 40. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmdjr (201206260145) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 17 GUIDs, seed 582. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmdq9 (201206260151) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 741. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmdvy (201206260158) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 970. 3DES, key MD5(name).vme2c (201206260204) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 954. 3DES, key MD5(name).vme8j (201206260210) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 198. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmeen (201206260217) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 14 GUIDs, seed 525. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmejv (201206260223) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 22 GUIDs, seed 979. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmeqf (201206260229) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 8 GUIDs, seed 27. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmewa (201206260236) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 149. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmrh5 (201206260812) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 136. 3DES, key MD5(name).vmrnl (201206260815) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 8 GUIDs, seed 392. 3DES, key MD5(name).vn0ch (201206261039) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 912. 3DES, key MD5(name).vn0e0 (201206261040) 2012-06-26 Operator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 109. 3DES, key MD5(name).x9ily (201207271300) 2012-07-27 Single post: 47 GUIDs, seed 50. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).y5nqk (201208140339) 2012-08-13 Operator test: 51 GUIDs, seed 3. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).y5nt9 (201208140340) 2012-08-13 Operator test: 29 GUIDs, seed 331. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).y5nvr (201208140341) 2012-08-13 Operator test: 11 GUIDs, seed 253. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).y7knj (201208142119) 2012-08-14 Operator test: 60 GUIDs, seed 286. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).y7kpi (201208142120) 2012-08-14 Operator test: 40 GUIDs, seed 300. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).y7krw (201208142121) 2012-08-14 Operator test: 52 GUIDs, seed 954. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).y8sqt (201208142358) 2012-08-15 Operator test: 50 GUIDs, seed 562. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).y8ssy (201208142359) 2012-08-15 Operator test: 62 GUIDs, seed 639. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).y8sv3 (201208150000) 2012-08-15 Operator test: 32 GUIDs, seed 591. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).1ywl20 (201402250907) 2014-02-25 A masked GUID list: 31 GUIDs, seed 804, from draw 1. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name+title), first block lost (the first GUID is 40t6rg (201601132259) 2016-01-13 A Powerball play, 1 17 26 45 51 + PB 19, for the 2016-01-13 draw. Six plain bytes. A pick, not a result.unsolvednvj7d (201112291600) 2011-12-29 1,656 bytes of ECB ciphertext in 32-byte units. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qdnwd (201203011846) 2012-03-01 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qdnyb (201203011848) 2012-03-01 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qdo08 (201203011849) 2012-03-01 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qeqr2 (201203021014) 2012-03-02 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qeqs9 (201203021014) 2012-03-02 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qeqt6 (201203021015) 2012-03-02 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qequ0 (201203021015) 2012-03-02 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.qf8mr (201203021625) 2012-03-03 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.ql1q9 (201203061752) 2012-03-07 Hand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
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PostTitlePostedStatusEncryptionSummary
fada22011012715462011-01-27explainedunencryptedPlain list of 3 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
fafi02011012717452011-01-28explainedunencryptedPlain list of 17 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
favz32011012810552011-01-28explainedunencryptedPlain list of 11 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
fe5wc2011020216372011-02-03explainedunencryptedPlain list of 15 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
fp3j42010022011352011-02-20explainedunencryptedPlain list of 15 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
fqjgf2011022213042011-02-22explainedunencryptedPlain list of 22 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
fwvnu2010030315052011-03-03explainedunencryptedPlain list of genuine v4 GUIDs; the last record is cut off. No cipher.
g96iw2011032213282011-03-22explainedunencryptedPlain list of 21 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
ge8oi2011032914562011-03-29explainedunencryptedPlain list of 15 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
ggsm02011040117032011-04-02explainedunencryptedPlain list of 13 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
gk9pj2011040615442011-04-06explainedunencryptedPlain list of 19 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
ibum02011062818172011-06-29explainedunencryptedPlain list of 14 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
idnf92011063015002011-06-30explainedunencryptedPlain list of 60 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
idqkr2011063017022011-06-30explainedunencryptedPlain list of 17 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
ied6n2011070110362011-07-01explainedunencryptedPlain list of 32 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
iejgs2011070114302011-07-01explainedunencryptedPlain list of 14 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
ietz92011070113242011-07-02explainedunencryptedPlain list of 18 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
ietzj2011070123252011-07-02explainedunencryptedPlain list of 9 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
ieu082011070113272011-07-02explainedunencryptedPlain list of 43 genuine v4 GUIDs. No cipher.
if4fl2011070211232011-07-02explainedunencryptedTwo masked GUID lists split by a blank line: 19 GUIDs (seed 360) and 21 GUIDs (seed 318). No cipher.
if4ro2011070211392011-07-02partialunencryptedA 32-hex value in MD5 shape, '<-- f0ba04c1... <--'. Plain text. Open: its input; no preimage found.
if6wk2011070213242011-07-02solvedunencryptedA message: 'You appear to show interest in the data cycles ...'. Hex-ASCII.
ifa542007070304092011-07-02explainedunencryptedPre-automation masked GUID list: 22 GUIDs, seed 770. No cipher.
ifhho2011070302562011-07-03explainedunencryptedPre-automation masked GUID list: 44 GUIDs, seed 603. No cipher.
ifhif2011070222592011-07-03explainedunencryptedPre-automation masked GUID list: 128 GUIDs, seed 36. No cipher.
ifxpi2011070316002011-07-03explainedunencryptedPre-automation masked GUID list: 80 GUIDs, seed 527. No cipher.
ig7tl201107032359E2011-07-04solveddecryptedTolstoy's 'patriot' quotation, a copy of igg5w. 3DES, key MD5(name).
igg5w2011070409002011-07-04solveddecryptedTolstoy's 'patriot' quotation. 3DES, key MD5(name).
igmjv2011070413252011-07-04best-guessdecryptedA masked GUID list: 8 GUIDs, seed 369. 3DES, key MD5(name). Open: the seed is tentative (only 8 digits).
ihi8v2011070514092011-07-05solvedunencryptedPostAnalyzer.cs, a plain copy of ihicx. Hex-ASCII.
ihicx2011070514142011-07-05solvedunencryptedPostAnalyzer.cs: C# source that branches on the GUID version digit. Hex-ASCII.
ihjuv2011070515052011-07-05solveddecryptedPostAnalyzer.cs, a decrypted copy of ihicx. 3DES, key MD5(name).
ihwxg2011070600002011-07-06explainedunencrypted32-bit word list, seed 393. No cipher.
iiafz2011070511002011-07-06explainedunencrypted32-bit word list, seed 699. No cipher.
iif3a2011070613402011-07-06solveddecryptedA quotation on conformity, attributed to JFK, with ASCII art. 3DES, key MD5(name).
iirqk2011070622222011-07-07explainedunencrypted32-bit word list, seed 107. No cipher.
j75252011080222332011-08-02solveddecryptedA quotation: 'It is by the goodness of God that in the United States...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).
j7xpy2011080317522011-08-03solveddecryptedA quotation: 'The search for static security...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).
j95o62011080420162011-08-04best-guessdecryptedA quotation framed in ASCII art that spells USA. 3DES, key MD5(name). Best guess: the 32-byte hex tail is two masked GUIDs (filler); the seed is not identified.
jb62l2011080612142011-08-07solveddecryptedA quotation: 'Security is mostly a superstition...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).
jbnny2011080717412011-08-07solveddecryptedA quotation: 'Better beans and bacon in peace...'. 3DES, key MD5(name).
jbucr2011080715212011-08-07explaineddecryptedPre-automation masked GUID list: 10 GUIDs, seed 494. 3DES, key MD5(name).
jcm5f2011080819022011-08-08explainedunencryptedThe baseline GIF: the reference that the other GIF posts are compared with. It holds no message. Hex-encoded GIF89a.
je00i2011080919092011-08-09solvedunencryptedA GIF whose changed bytes hold a short link, http://bit.ly/nLGwKt. Hex-encoded GIF89a.
jf2zh2011081011522011-08-10solvedunencryptedA GIF with a short message in its changed bytes. Hex-encoded GIF89a.
jgxlk2011081210182011-08-12solvedunencryptedA GIF whose changed bytes are 34A14A42E98FF96095AF56604E290CAE, the MD5 of the name. Hex-encoded GIF89a.
ji1vn2011081319382011-08-13solveddecryptedA Gandhi quotation with the typo 'insigificant', which is A858's own. 3DES, key MD5(name).
jjki42011081517582011-08-15solvedunencryptedA Max Lerner quotation in Unicode styling. Hex, Base64, UTF-8.
jkscb2011081613402011-08-16explainedunencryptedA hex grid of 9 masked GUIDs, seed 880. Hex-ASCII. Its MD5 is the key of jkuyr.
jkuyr2011081613542011-08-16explaineddecryptedA masked GUID list: 8 GUIDs, seed 469. 3DES, key MD5 of the jkscb grid.
jlcv02011081701562011-08-17solvedunencryptedA GIF whose changed bytes point to redd.it/jkuyr. Hex-encoded GIF89a.
jobvj2011081923312011-08-19partialunencryptedA table of the 303 primes from 2 to 1999, with some entries marked and the footer -ebacd-. Hex-ASCII, twice. Open: the marks.
jobzh2011081923342011-08-19partialunencryptedA table of the primes from 2003 to 4007, continuing jobvj, with some entries marked and the footer -daecb-. Hex-ASCII, twice. Open: the marks.
joc3i2011081923392011-08-19solveddecryptedThe IOCCC 2000 checkers program robison.c, byte for byte. 3DES, key MD5(name).
jqt3x2011082211162011-08-22explainedunencrypted32-bit word list, seed 102. No cipher.
jvohf2011082617302011-08-27solveddecrypted'Lo and behold. I am the Internet.' Hex, then 3DES, key MD5(name), then Base64.
k7zqv2011090714442011-09-07partialmissingA Carl Sagan quotation, 'Wonder and Skepticism'. Only a 184-byte span survives, from a comment. 3DES, key MD5(name). Open: the rest of the body.
k96b12011090819492011-09-08solvedmissingStonehenge ASCII art signed A858. The body is lost: rebuilt from a decoded copy found elsewhere.
kasf22011090919232011-09-10solvedunencryptedA ZIP archive containing troll.txt. Hex-encoded ZIP.
ljcad2011102017242011-10-21best-guessunencrypted8 bytes, 0x257959 = 2,455,897: the Julian day of 2011-12-01, the day A858 resumed after a 42-day silence. Plain. Open: why it points at that date.
mwub32011120116342011-12-02solveddecrypted'Twas the Night Before Christmas', with look-alike Unicode characters. 3DES-ECB, key MD5(name).
my2v22011120217512011-12-02solveddecryptedJoan G. Stark's ASCII Christmas tree. 3DES, key MD5(name).
mymne2011120302492011-12-03explaineddecrypted32-bit word list, seed 798. 3DES, key MD5(name).
n0dbk2011120419392011-12-05explaineddecryptedPre-automation masked GUID list: 12 GUIDs, seed 702. 3DES, key MD5(name).
n1ley2011120519412011-12-05explainedunencrypted32 words (seed 591), a zero record, then 32 masked GUIDs (seed 320). No cipher.
nt82j2011122721112011-12-28solveddecryptedASCII fireworks and 'Happy New Year 2001'. 3DES, key MD5(0000DE45).
nu9gx2011122816372011-12-29solveddecryptedA '#' banner in ASCII art. 3DES, key MD5(0000DE45).
nu9l92011122816402011-12-29solveddecryptedFiglet ASCII art of the name. 3DES, key MD5(0000DE45).
nui7j2011122820182011-12-29solvedunencryptedA figlet banner. Hex, then Base64. No key.
nvj7d2011122916002011-12-29unsolvedencrypted1,656 bytes of ECB ciphertext in 32-byte units. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
o5o4o2012010605132012-01-06explaineddecryptedA masked GUID list, seed 563, inside a Base64 and hex container. 3DES, key MD5 of the header's hex string.
p5dsk2012013116582012-02-01explaineddecryptedA masked GUID list: 32 GUIDs, seed 619. 3DES, key md5(md5 hex of 'BORG').
p71hu2012020117552012-02-02solveddecryptedPoe's quotation from 'Marginalia'. 3DES, key MD5(name).
pegdm2012020700302012-02-07solveddecryptedA Washington Post link to the 2012 earmarks story. 3DES, key MD5(name).
qdnwd2012030118462012-03-01unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
qdnyb2012030118482012-03-01unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
qdo082012030118492012-03-01unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
qeqr22012030210142012-03-02unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
qeqs92012030210142012-03-02unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
qeqt62012030210152012-03-02unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
qequ02012030210152012-03-02unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
qf8mr2012030216252012-03-03unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
ql1q92012030617522012-03-07unsolvedencryptedHand-era ciphertext. Encrypted, key unknown. Open: the key and the content.
u1rti2012052315442012-05-23partialdecryptedA 40-hex SHA-1-shaped digest: the BitTorrent info-hash of 'Think Like Your Customer.rar'. 3DES, key MD5(A858). Open: the meaning of the post.
u58gm2012052516182012-05-25partialdecryptedA 40-hex SHA-1-shaped digest. 3DES, key MD5(A858). Open: its preimage.
v8pjw2012061816482012-06-18explaineddecryptedPre-automation masked GUID list: 16 GUIDs, seed 31. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmbiw2012062600352012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 681. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmbr32012062600422012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 20 GUIDs, seed 996. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmbtd2012062600442012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 299. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmbtn2012062600442012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 894. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmbv52012062600462012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 850. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmbvc2012062600462012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 482. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmc1b2012062600522012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 265. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmc1n2012062600522012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 360. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmc332012062600532012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 386. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmc382012062600542012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 22 GUIDs, seed 317. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmc552012062600552012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 64. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmc5h2012062600552012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 8 GUIDs, seed 226. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmcgg2012062601062012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 11 GUIDs, seed 358. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmch82012062601062012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 23 GUIDs, seed 958. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmcjt2012062601092012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 11 GUIDs, seed 845. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmcjx2012062601092012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 15 GUIDs, seed 46. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmcud2012062601192012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 20 GUIDs, seed 74. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmcxn2012062601222012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 173. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmd012012062601252012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 9 GUIDs, seed 918. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmd3p2012062601282012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 40. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmdjr2012062601452012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 17 GUIDs, seed 582. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmdq92012062601512012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 741. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmdvy2012062601582012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 970. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vme2c2012062602042012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 954. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vme8j2012062602102012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 198. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmeen2012062602172012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 14 GUIDs, seed 525. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmejv2012062602232012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 22 GUIDs, seed 979. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmeqf2012062602292012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 8 GUIDs, seed 27. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmewa2012062602362012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 21 GUIDs, seed 149. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmrh52012062608122012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 136. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vmrnl2012062608152012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 8 GUIDs, seed 392. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vn0ch2012062610392012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 16 GUIDs, seed 912. 3DES, key MD5(name).
vn0e02012062610402012-06-26explaineddecryptedOperator test: 10 GUIDs, seed 109. 3DES, key MD5(name).
x9ily2012072713002012-07-27explaineddecryptedSingle post: 47 GUIDs, seed 50. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).
y5nqk2012081403392012-08-13explaineddecryptedOperator test: 51 GUIDs, seed 3. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).
y5nt92012081403402012-08-13explaineddecryptedOperator test: 29 GUIDs, seed 331. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).
y5nvr2012081403412012-08-13explaineddecryptedOperator test: 11 GUIDs, seed 253. 3DES, key MD5(name+name).
y7knj2012081421192012-08-14explaineddecryptedOperator test: 60 GUIDs, seed 286. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).
y7kpi2012081421202012-08-14explaineddecryptedOperator test: 40 GUIDs, seed 300. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).
y7krw2012081421212012-08-14explaineddecryptedOperator test: 52 GUIDs, seed 954. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).
y8sqt2012081423582012-08-15explaineddecryptedOperator test: 50 GUIDs, seed 562. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).
y8ssy2012081423592012-08-15explaineddecryptedOperator test: 62 GUIDs, seed 639. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).
y8sv32012081500002012-08-15explaineddecryptedOperator test: 32 GUIDs, seed 591. 3DES, key MD5(name+title).
114med2012100803112012-10-08partialdecryptedPyongyang coordinates, dates and codes. 3DES-ECB, key MD5(name+title). Open: the code AO34.
11dxb72012101217422012-10-12partialdecryptedPyongyang coordinates and dates. 3DES-ECB, key MD5(name+title). Open: the codes 7T and -6.
12yvg02012111011582012-11-10solveddecryptedThe bot's restart time, 201212031123 (23 days later), with the MD5 from the jgxlk GIF. 3DES, key MD5(name).
14eki02012120616142012-12-06best-guessdecryptedColour words, 'RED YELLOW YELLOW...': 12 symbols, too few to verify a reading. 3DES, key MD5(name). Best guess: a hand-typed reaction post with no payload.
14oru62012121117022012-12-11solvedunencryptedA .NET 4 assembly: an inert environment-manager class. Hex-encoded binary.
14xfr42012121520452012-12-16best-guessdecryptedTwo lines of three-digit number groups. 3DES, key MD5(name). Best guess: a hand-typed numbers-station pastiche with no payload.
15cd8y2012122314092012-12-23solveddecrypted'Merry Christmas'. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), IV presumed.
15qth42013010100152012-12-31solveddecryptedA UTF-8 'Happy New Year 2013' banner. 3DES-CBC, key MD5('2013'), first block lost.
1iwqql2013072310452013-07-23partialdecryptedA coordinate, a date and a token. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost. Open: what the numbers mean.
1lfm8j2013083019572013-08-30partialunencryptedPlain JSON: six prime values from one prime-tool self-test. Open: which inputs were chosen.
1m9du02013091213582013-09-12partialunencryptedPlain JSON: five prime values from the same self-test. Open: the inputs.
1mj1is2013091617302013-09-16partialunencryptedPlain JSON: five prime values from the same self-test. Open: the inputs.
1mjpwt2013091622442013-09-17partialdecryptedTwo numbers, 6848584875 and 38.26701890000001. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost. Open: what they mean.
1mzs8v2013092307242013-09-23solvedunencryptedPlain JSON: the complete divisor list of the name's number, and ten consecutive primes.
1we0v92014012813302014-01-28solveddecryptedAn ASCII birthday cake, 'H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y'. 3DES-CBC, key MD5('cakeday'), IV assumed.
1ywl202014022509072014-02-25explaineddecryptedA masked GUID list: 31 GUIDs, seed 804, from draw 1. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name+title), first block lost (the first GUID is missing its first 8 characters).
1ywlr02014022509142014-02-25inferredencryptedAccount-setup test post with an empty list (N = 0).
1ywlv82014022509152014-02-25inferredencryptedAccount-setup test post with an empty list (N = 0).
1ywmou2014022517222014-02-25inferredencryptedAccount-setup test post with an empty list (N = 0).
24sf752014050513162014-05-05solvedunencrypted'Hello. I have been silent...', decoded by the community. Hex-ASCII.
24tmeo2014050520292014-05-06solvedunencryptedA word search, decoded by the community. Hex-ASCII.
26m8i42014052712422014-05-27partialunencryptedA list of 16-byte digests, statistically genuine. Hex-ASCII. Open: their preimages.
27po7c2014060918382014-06-09solvedunencryptedA Dogecoin address, a public string. Hex-ASCII.
28o5452014062014252014-06-20solveddecrypted'... as planned. Vito is in the theater.' 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost; the opening word is inferred.
2jtoce2014102106202014-10-20solvedunencryptedA boxed word puzzle: NEW EYE5 / NO ANSWERS / STILL W3AK / TOOL / AMOUNG YOU. Hex, Base64, hex, grid.
2mtb1a2014111917082014-11-19solvedunencryptedKryptos K1-K4 text, decoded by the community. Hex-ASCII.
2r5t3n2015010220462015-01-03partialunencryptedA prime table: 272 consecutive primes, each with its digits reversed, in descending order, with # and % marks. Hex-ASCII. Open: the marks.
2twfhc2015012723412015-01-27partialunencryptedAn ASCII birthday cake, hex-encoded three times. Open: the inscription on its lower tier.
318vp82015040218452015-04-02solvedunencryptedPRESSTHEBUTTON. Hex, Base64, hex, binary columns.
3hxe8v2015082122472015-08-22solvedunencryptedAn AMA reply codebook, with hand-typed filler. Hex-ASCII codebook under an AMA key.
3j99nf2015090115222015-09-01solveddecrypted'The treasure is amoung the trash.' 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost.
40t6rg2016011322592016-01-13explainedunencryptedA Powerball play, 1 17 26 45 51 + PB 19, for the 2016-01-13 draw. Six plain bytes. A pick, not a result.