A858DE45F56D9BC9 archive

201403170959 20mnaf

inferred encrypted filler

N=13

Metadata

Post ID
20mnaf
Title
201403170959 → 2014-03-17 09:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-17 13:59:57
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 09:59 against posted 13:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
848 hex characters · 424 bytes
N from length
13 (64·N + 16 = 848)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
60 · predicted N = 13 ✓
Machine boot
2014-03-12 08:29–10:29 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
5 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c387bcedcec58000a00698db51e29175 0b3ceb3bb2d2a929e97429824d445a37 b62c02c11cbf7bb803acb627d00e60fe c4e35b997b84190472a8975a286f1cf9 7700fa24029830d888e075365a9f152a 485529b50118cad7cb23a2cf7da932b8 d91f3723f19264c42c12c0fa8f8c3b42 e96fcd9efe480b3afd2486a22a1af0cb c2486ede6fc0d71f2642aac5a9798275 5bbe749f91e153e502a7c866c98727b7 fc28c74236fd34ce02fb6d2c17bb9f96 a82d56b52539018853cc9fac39bb8b99 d13066ef638065d783467f66134185a3 3f97d58ca72178c1bab5e253ed7238fa 7e2031c4c6323e0a29ef3d9a37dbcaad fab3e120f9dd940a72a0f7d9f25eb487 b469f9465b1c28dbd10bbe5b74de2e35 5dc1cbf6c4bfd00e6717a5257c90e540 ab137a522070229f61646e181d56a2a8 4efd856f21d0827c35784b119eb303cc d7dfeafa71b1086d1fabd143d6e12b3a 29010b20c2ff38429176cc014cafe34c 33c7daadb757daefcd00d997f805d1d6 e008b1a9f06138c489913d3b6c1f482a 894d22f1d1f53fd91c59b27762ce0b3d b8a1316a83717dfedf9f44800fbeab07 d3e92e4c7a0c38ca 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 848 hex characters = 64 × 13 + 16, i.e. N = 13 GUIDs encrypted with 3DES plus one 8-byte padding block. Every post-cutover filler post has exactly this shape.
  2. Key unknown. The post-cutover key (2013-10-16 onwards) has not been found, so the GUIDs themselves cannot be read. Everything else about the post is accounted for.
  3. Explain the count. This post is draw 60 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 13; the post has N = 13 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-03-12 08:29–10:29).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.