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201403271959 21jv18

inferred encrypted filler

N=35

Metadata

Post ID
21jv18
Title
201403271959 → 2014-03-27 19:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-27 23:59:46
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 19:59 against posted 23:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,256 hex characters · 1,128 bytes
N from length
35 (64·N + 16 = 2256)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
185 · predicted N = 35 ✓
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
8 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c8af8c5ad4528c1beffd852fbea2bbc4 e0df1dbbc5bce2719539b3b7f9606847 eba8fa9b45d867bddcb3b0fb84fcdac4 1b68a2e0f7137ba395cda69c45130557 24a2af383c0ad5189507c856163ce202 501d2a24fd13bb9f640032bf5dfa66bc 00b2fcb781a340167729745050ad575d 129adb89bf0156fa2ad7105a174dc2ea b280cb13a91d617435f786b5e36230e5 a57a81e3c464e44559e835c2729a5499 2656a2d5888dcc8d98ec81c943dae928 879e70e787b967f36df4fc59ff46cd67 3eb53ec367c3c10ef2b452c85b76a1d0 8310175befcc48418d64f846ecfde632 10af7823d613891b6b3054db8b2814f1 2b6908cae7318a13c3cb5e8c5b7d12de ad334c4086d017781d045c4bb07f2c84 d43f050c5191bd0617930b63577b9411 feee2ad15cc45c9d178a49bd954b88af 9449b2558e33bd44d915ce6eaf456700 4dd6e7dd30726ee85b3fc827a4077c0c ce21d85a5923d0cbcd191c0ec4b409ef e21bbf089a513a2f43a2889c6eedcaaa 91bca07f382caa87610fec2ae0d3c199 16a17f053cc602abf4bc8dd893facf09 00afea23f78ef5f24083213503ce12ee 5052db9bfda3460f3e282654c70bf12c 9dd0977e1b4b21818323a336de82aa5f 71750f52c2805ceab0225f9f4eddcc5a 353c031a6794aa4cd5545a0de135a4a6 b40fda9ce6ab9dfbcb205af58c627832 a3abf6565b8a383769c8dcb2ae37f5ab 60ff0dffc023dd891a6c7564cbc61cc3 81c5fc57da645d375057f485afd9656e 2e99640a11ec861cba2c802fe35ce725 50505a35f9f0fbff19388dd427520c65 d804e14984749fcdfce73239414f9196 2cb3ea94957ecf1e293f78dbc1ca39a3 d5ed867ae44a7ef559abe449886a77be 46ce4700c317ef499cacce78c8f95a36 cee5e9dc51cc4fef50c44d4758725aca 5e48dc4b0c0e20110b3bd22e2f5e7e9b d5e6392ca38d1c81f27d8cebb476547d 4caaa2463664605a03a0707ee669e681 a725c79ad2a6e4fe010df2776ca01615 aecaeb25a806a4c2a9b01d60ec908b84 aea5fd16ba752a9c8d554361ca964525 7543ff13a54fee527a3b6f49e2cf8d48 003d2c804dc28cdabebf31899da528fb 4b9a0c871516d8564e6b7020fc9b54aa 03bdb1539fb139658e95e82348985cbf 4afac6d9758efa1f2a551db016ad0f6d a79bcf1af703b5627f7b668f99c34d8b 52168057f337ab4ba44d701a859c9784 c972fd5d6630aadb86dd418409bf3144 18c2e191ff0d2835cde704ecd9a5963f 7a9e4507d5ffbf2776172d8bf8b7942f 60da3df84735a3c023b95a93a25b5805 42da020d576d7542c46788099d07c709 fd02db9579513997d6a9f9ce26a38c41 a43ab073f8119d968ec0a79d13270999 76c1e21d115f1aa97e26024c5a3755af aa1758827a9a39f516231c9aa5e56221 1e5627acd0d6ac4e5ede03b1c3f9ebc7 b1bed514d60c1cc3a2c56afb0ce762c2 97917955da6eb2c0f382717e7595dbe5 e263e1dcd06c13c5698205d6c9b1708e 150dd06373220b991774d99138a4f621 31604516ed26088ef570b77063b3085a 360def86f946a543f3b7b9f021b5ea4c 645edf2c82ebfaac 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,256 hex characters = 64 × 35 + 16, i.e. N = 35 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 185 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 35; the post has N = 35 ✓. 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.