A858DE45F56D9BC9 archive

201508310401 3j2702

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
3j2702
Title
201508310401 → 2015-08-31 04:01 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-08-31 08:02:59
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 04:01 against posted 08:02 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 68 (seed 316,235,227) (seed)
Draw
68 · predicted N = 3 ✓
Machine boot
2015-08-22 00:11–02:11 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
1 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

1158f2868cac6186f5aef81254185465 81fd1cbf6cc8d23ea56526482b1fc07c d414ec9aad20c7604d0f03038edb7186 839742417c4fed359788a3ab3b2a64dc c4aab09f3a78646fb89543dcb9633148 9bf2ef236f749bb38d0f80fac2636292 54fb1e261508eb36 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 68 of Run 68 (seed 316,235,227): new Random(316235227), Next(0,22) +2 per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2015-08-22 00:11–02:11).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.