201601200006 41stzx
inferred encrypted filler
N=11
From the post to its content
As posted (encrypted)
996ca2b25d9ff7a0e9df2a677694d3f1 56cebd1924747db72017eb7723a6956a e7b6be2da5eed4aa14357c0976c18c8f 3e80ad2f429c644f7628ed451b8634a5 3ad6a814b32ecfcf9b305c93b0abf15b e40f913e5b36811ec010518caf368987 7b1b4dc08701de39a6fb4970fd84d226 918c081193bf244594b668a2ca2384e3 522f5aa59bc18e60387944efb69bd622 8b8ca561c1f8dcb1df09562fc2c213b1 221de62b582bf7ec176c6d1998c18576 07e1e5c144f36dd41d20a2963d373159 c1d1c708e2500356ef924a0c35793065 9ca8dc3dfba25e917d5a2bb8875af2c1 5ffb10d9743f3b6e78f91c4e33e2cac1 3ced45418b3ddb0f4c61e94bbe3d0a29 64177d8f0d166479a787f1afb83b6107 6e531d760120b914de25e13428776b05 c1b6ac80605d9ee9be0f02a5a18792ac 6f71e962eef194fafc9922cf24492d39 4d29d37132f8a7e9f1cc20063ff06075 6dcc097d6d3e8d6b568ec622aeb7fa37 4431571ba4ac9d0c
Explanation
- Read the length. 720 hex characters = 64 × 11 + 16, i.e. N = 11 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 10 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634):
new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 11; the post has N = 11 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2016-01-13 11:18–12:18). - Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.