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201404292129 24b2rf

inferred encrypted filler

N=31

Metadata

Post ID
24b2rf
Title
201404292129 → 2014-04-29 21:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-29 20:29:47
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 21:29 against posted 20:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,000 hex characters · 1,000 bytes
N from length
31 (64·N + 16 = 2000)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
326 · predicted N = 31 ✓
Machine boot
2014-04-10 09:27–10:27 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
3 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

60a1f8a492ab63c8807ebc5fb67f65c6 df61b492f9b7e466a5ecd0d011045920 9beb161a6b9ceb40bb828075eb2fe90c e9f8c09a3fe9ddf8fbb7da56fdf8c35f 05e2388fc7f1f713e87c5028cbcbbccb fd37806f123516717d05c192330127b7 0f289201569b0893b19ffb24ce11a524 06be88e6b4a89354b7b9d473c34ca801 3d194e7a44299f5314f3bc4015212c7e 4884c5a4252937184d2be2d10896c344 62389721ba08a76a6ff4c6dbbd146064 270335c5082610a60f39b3d4331fce16 8b766b0aa02eb94e597750edc1eeb82b d1827d83c1bf4c6426b89e9affef3ebf 4723e5081123dea89dae523ceb218cfe 7b073a063445b22837b7589bbec398e3 c48cc734af05fad8bbb940699ac623d0 66ae4d604b9647baf2e2bbdacb150dbb b4fe871ccd219b8a43819c670f0e2521 632e521acbab4e8a866a312bed5a9cab dc6fc733dd234a368347c79ef7ec34d8 f89f7979bf0503e6649dfd96d18bea63 931c185e65b632b0a82278847bdfdfaf b76594559ca77578c43a7d60a6d1cf3d dda954900f2f77668585a7f34eb03992 492fc33f799fe00fbc85411c45766ef0 d9e794b2d506e962c96b66f8bb5f9477 74ee3f05c59bc1e92234c13ee784c530 b5b071eabefb93bba8fea83a2fea4777 c293cf559836e3a88489cb1d6ccb148a 4a1b0958e2ea7585ea582a79fc21cf74 2bb3c2689d04a637b962604ce9a40c45 7435bdd6ff5942e26934e88b84ae5fdf aa21963f450d1012dff462a3d254f70b 4709ce5c724d173226963a7e908a5317 cd071404de9b9284d48b2591f30b8923 19a6eab966ed4c928a8e432777d9af17 129cf225f41f4dceffb42865b9f47786 b2875e0035a4a445554cd76693e556e6 9277c83d51d450d99ecb3045c05164cd d34be5aad52f0312a0846fe83ad2c5b5 c6476765267c467a3ffb88a6b8364220 42680f954b0081298e7c9ae63a19d527 2583078150f5d1933fd28b668bc6cb63 8e34d6bace0a2080c1a9666167fddb38 ca4a27819a717109c48f9ce3e7e055b9 294e60d86effd05a6c52cca8e2869136 4694ac8c4a4624786082beb2eb8f0037 ec6947e9b404a195dffb951781d61aee 95ed58f83d33102ad2e133995e6849a7 c865561da21b31cc2b5f14e7618df411 02c541fed0eccbe97399fa6084e5b2eb da5bd10645a0f67af7bff6c6e348d862 5419558d58b1abde20e4e8c280346b43 caa8bcb2f223068fbab71060c48b26ab 01f8ac653ac235834701ec7bb4313ab1 d4866058ae07189cef0fc90e4d01eff0 bb87c275b851c0ef628b4943a0bd32c1 b2c3ba463b49b6d0ebf486bf970931c2 a69e7d56c683a260ced75d6e48db7866 28279d47c1bd889020ad18875a929eb5 af19ae17be3143df5ee1d95b588b66ea 397cde2ceaad3c1e 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,000 hex characters = 64 × 31 + 16, i.e. N = 31 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 326 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 31; the post has N = 31 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-04-10 09:27–10:27).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.