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Siutsz

Frequent VisitorJoined: 25 Dec 2003Posts: 31

Location: HK

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:58 pm    Post subject: Cryptography

The following ciphertext was generated using a simple substitution algorithm: 53ddc305))6*;4826)4d.);806*;48c8p60))85;;]8*;:d*8c83(88)5*c;46(;88*96*?;8)*d(;485);5*c2:*d(;4956*2(5*-4)8p8*;4069285);)6c8)4dd;1(d9;48081;8:8d1;48c85;4)485c528806*81(d9;48;(88;4(d?34;48)4d;161;:188;d?;

Decrypt the message.

Peter

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Location: Hong Kong

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:07 am    Post subject: Re: cryptography

Here is what I got:

A good glass in the bishop’s tel in the devil’s seat twenty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death’s head a bee line from the tree through the shot fifty feet out.

I doubt if the word in red (i.e., ‘tel’) is correct. Perhaps there are some minor mistakes in the plaintext.

Anyway, I do not really understand what the plaintext is talking about.

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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:07 am    Post subject:

Quote:

“A good glass in the bishop’s hostel in the devil’s – twenty-one degrees and thirteen minutes-northeast and by north – main branch seventh limb east side – shoot from the left eye of the death’s-head – a bee-line from the tree through the shot fifty feet out.”

Quoted from http://www.vanegten.net/scriptie/goldbug-h.html.

Siutsz

Frequent VisitorJoined: 25 Dec 2003Posts: 31

Location: HK

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:26 pm    Post subject: Re: cryptography

Sor..I miss few alphabet/symbol. I also don’t know what it is talking about. It is a homework problem in a number theory course which I studied.

Peter wrote:

Here is what I got:

A good glass in the bishop’s tel in the devil’s seat twenty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death’s head a bee line from the tree through the shot fifty feet out.

I doubt if the word in red (i.e., ‘tel’) is correct. Perhaps there are some minor mistakes in the plaintext.

Anyway, I do not really understand what the plaintext is talking about.

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