A858DE45F56D9BC9 archive

201307231045 1iwqql

partial decrypted manual

A coordinate, a date and a token. 3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), first block lost. Open: what the numbers mean.

Metadata

Post ID
1iwqql
Title
201307231045 → 2013-07-23 10:45 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-07-23 20:45:50
Timezone
UTC−10 · title 10:45 against posted 20:45 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
S solved 3DES → text
Content
Operational notes
Size
112 hex characters · 56 bytes
Cipher
3DES-EDE2 (two-key Triple DES), CBC, PKCS7
Key
MD5(A858DE45F56D9BC9) = 34a14a42e98ff96095af56604e290cae (name)
IV
never published: the first block is not recovered
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
18 · 19
Tags
automated (decryptable)2013Solved special postmanualkey: nameoperational notes

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

24741E01EF0F6188 791496FE4C9B7525 BCDBBC3B229C863E 6B261AFF816882C5 644AB3D62429C79B 8016FCDE0885F49D 3A45536528168AE9 
  • Derive the key. Password = A858DE45F56D9BC9 (name); key = MD5(password) = 34a14a42e98ff96095af56604e290cae, used as a two-key 3DES key.
  • Decrypt. 3DES-EDE2 in CBC mode, then strip the PKCS7 padding.
  • Lost block. The IV was never published, so the first 8 bytes are not recovered (shown as ????????). Every later block decrypts exactly.

Decrypted

????????2,31.247195
2013-07-25
13:00:20
NfA33u8*

Explanation

Solution summary

Method
3DES-CBC, key MD5(name), IV not recovered
Result
2,31.247195 / 2013-07-25 / 13:00:20 / NfA33u8*
Explanation
First block lost; the rest is a coordinate, date and token
Re-checked
3DES-CBC MD5(name), IV lost