201601212308 423usn
inferred encrypted filler
N=15
From the post to its content
As posted (encrypted)
611d4351a85e2cd87bd2eb39a6cdddba a1f3b57e9b214aaf739af52c4530870d b1433494b7b3d03a59085bdc7a7a886a 15f00912f3554d650307a285472791e4 b0d1ca41baa78a1bf8170f19aaee6fcc 33a931b4cc4f73bcd9ae9b3c3c7bc622 d90148443299dfd50b9a8b08bf46d51c fdc3b7b778eb192f04d2cc2bc896efda 8d45513b0f5aa02aae6c1697cd32d010 657146d8626588581dc2f3eaf0eab52e 2d3c0ac6290dc0a11e5c17f5d6230dcd 225e837c46347d3754f5ab28e3c6ca29 0de2f58a8aadc80ac0e4bb6ab2dc9af8 322900647c44a4fec1f26e014cef3c7f 3f95e70377db3552473eed08ec426fdf 6c56e51a95a0b9391c4a4ee49a2a8357 31db2bd697cb80d128123461d83de5e0 b3da131ecd584a9984ff63a2ac93c184 fc83c226ab8368dc385bb3c067756d5b 22c5b115f7c6e4f02eeb9889e9ef0d4f 3eecbda240d4f709753c15ebd129e516 21f1cbe8bcba1667549f36b782bb6678 03854af579c6852508e3a326dfa8c8f1 a2b6241e2d1b51074cccfdd07b91c109 1cb58d29d2ad03e772fd2497f23d6165 ff963adeb8cf034cf4070d27b0d4d288 5667afd04a76a381553fcffdfef2e96b 32aed7135c351cb03c4182fbd3c0d47e 584e1f73eb3c7aa5cb342b2de3d08bc8 8d1395f999fd0d8189ce9a263a31529c 8b33373904345c29
Explanation
- Read the length. 976 hex characters = 64 × 15 + 16, i.e. N = 15 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 57 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634):
new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 15; the post has N = 15 ✓. 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.