201212061614 14eki0

best-guess decrypted manual

Colour 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.

Metadata

Post ID: 14eki0
Title: 201212061614 → 2012-12-06 16:14 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC): 2012-12-06 21:14:16
Timezone: UTC−5 · title 16:14 against posted 21:14 UTC
Author: [deleted]
Account: A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit: r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category: S solved 3DES → text
Content: Operational notes
Size: 144 hex characters · 72 bytes
Cipher: 3DES-EDE2 (two-key Triple DES), ECB, PKCS7
Key: MD5(A858DE45F56D9BC9) = 34a14a42e98ff96095af56604e290cae (name)
New here: The colour words read as a hand-made reaction to the December 2012 newcomers, with no payload. Best guess. (new results)
Sources: community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links: Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments: 3 · 10
Tags: automated (decryptable)2012Solved special postmanualkey: nameoperational notesfound by this project

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

2CA423280CCCF4FA 7BCBE91B69AEDC67 53B0937E5D3A6E5C 62C98324336EBB56 4B83D93847223BE8 A4FB040BF09C4949 0D21639736009677 62573764CA7C62F4 41677FC4185580F6

Decrypt. Key: MD5(name) ECB. 3DES-EDE2, then strip the PKCS7 padding.

Decrypted

RED YELLOW YELLOW.
CYAN RED RED.
RED CYAN YELLOW.
CYAN CYAN CYAN..

Explanation

Solution summary

Method: 3DES-ECB, key MD5(name)
Result: 'RED YELLOW YELLOW. CYAN RED RED...' (12 symbols)
Explanation: Only about 19 bits; read as a hand-typed reaction post in the Dec 2012 newcomer wave; no reading verifiable

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As posted (encrypted)

Decrypted

Explanation

Solution summary

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