201403181559 20que5
inferred encrypted filler
N=18
From the post to its content
As posted (encrypted)
afaf4b613778e1c70979b2069b7c1c02 a98f5f2f09a3dbb5ba6246a5667d92a9 432fb0f7dd420c224f3bd2f1ed85fa12 e9dba3f1cc0c21de675ca93e68ca0380 dd4da57e80eaa5a09a53f33281d846b0 dd2d17dbe7b5e0957fa9b1a15f77d79e 7774aa2c58091e6727bbd8dec4eb1405 f318dca38b93dcb1f4bbc1687b9f0d67 e216f4c073e515e8ce5aea6263eb7fb0 32a67385d565e00e11f5960ddca25d46 ea56c7dc9b65808134157c0a5cb42adc 1d702e4f2a675b7d50daef3b187ce51a fb1288574dad7c45776a75a8c7715076 6bae4edaa48625ace8c05aa2b9a5891e b8e0fd5c4730aea0ba9ebff778ce3304 68c467aac0a5718bc4f2fc25cf857602 6a200d12e94e3cc50700b7d5c30b535f 861df26031717ce8bcb31e4a41ae284a 34fcdc436e42e8b4755de7970c7c46e0 6b84f2472ce55c914755e58b845e72c5 b0e2afa5a9db5efecc2696699eda0fef 3917d15360adb92e998c9ffcabb2ea79 21975f2a34c403f39b87d5431d62c873 a1593bbc429ee8bc8a899462a617242a 2193ed727bec290c2693c0dda7219a1f 524829d269a46eda69592da7d18cc077 4a24eb021fe5de567c66cd8272c852b9 bcdc35c7769665ea1e3478adf8cd73eb 9d0a0d868bbfcda82e1558e3fd490c1e 2c43015837af01055f103eb49915cd4f 485b1e6acfc83f0b4ca68d36f48f563d 75511a0bc31b5d9216c3b481625d45d6 595d7275740a57c45a06f2e40498f552 c96b22007fce222db901b74d5d2f5538 62f6a29321b19e88df488664ad8bf5c0 77cbdc8e5f8757b9d2b26ee9dc1f6d49 18d87910b1d715b0
Explanation
- Read the length. 1,168 hex characters = 64 × 18 + 16, i.e. N = 18 GUIDs encrypted with 3DES plus one 8-byte padding block. Every post-cutover filler post has exactly this shape.
- 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.
- Explain the count. This post is draw 75 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187):
new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 18; the post has N = 18 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-03-12 08:29–10:29). - Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.