Just a heads up guys, the first five characters are called the Kenngruppen. Basically, they are supposed to tell you the type of key used (although you have to have a key book or something). Lay mans, omit the first five characters.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:00 pm
godder
My head hurts now. Signing off for a little while. Hope everyone is having better luck than I am.
IIIV = Rotors (1/1/4, 1/2/5, 2/1/5?)
DON = Starting position
AAA = Ring position
AF CH ET ....?? = Streckers (any more)?
I'm guessing that whatever is left is the actual message?? But so far I haven't found it.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:52 pm
godder
Balls!!!! It was right there in front of our faces!!!! Lets get it figured out!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:37 pm
posse
Another email from Dan. This looks to be helpful.
Quote:
I've got to talk to the programmer and he said something that might be of help.
He says, they are two types of enigma transmission. One is a standard enigma transmission, of which can be decoded using a code book so that one will know what particular settings for the rotors, initial position, and plug board. However, the other type of enigma transmission was used after the WWII and sends in the enigma configuration along with the encoded messages. Usually the settings are sent before the coded message is sent, but they are sent immediately after the other without any gaps to make them seem like an entire coded message. This might have been insecure, however, it was used after the WWII so most people won't really know what it is if ever they have the chance to intercept a transmission. Because, it can be anything of any kind of encryption. So that's what I was able to get from him.
I hope that helps.
Daniel Miller
Board of Director, FAILTECH
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:08 pm
posse
Fearing that we've hit a wall (and we were doing so well!!!), I asked for a bone -- "we're stuck, we've got to be missing something, did you find anything that Genus may have left behind?" kind of request. Got a reply:
Quote:
Maybe we're missing that's right in our faces and don't see it? I'll try to check back with the programmer who figured out this enigma code and see if he can provide any further help.
And yes, the deadline was cancelled they required me to set foot inside the facility, of which I am already right now. So yes, progress is good.
Daniel Miller
Board of Director, FAILTECH
We MUST be missing something.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:19 pm
godder
posse wrote:
The more and more I learn about Enigma machines, the more I think we've got to be missing something...
I agree. There has to be something more. At least they won't get nuked tomorrow.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:25 pm
posse
The more and more I learn about Enigma machines, the more I think we've got to be missing something...
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:08 pm
punxtr
Basically, you have the starting position (SP). You set it to AKX. The you type in another trigram, maybe the ones in the file name, and you'll get an encoded trigram. Set your position to that encoded trigram, and then decode the full message. Make sure you set your steckers and rings right, though. Remember, the rings don't move, nor do the steckers; only the rotors move changing the position.
So, either we have to decode it twice, or three times using the three trigrams I've found... I've ran a bunch:
Code:
UKW B (Reflector): TIC AKX ARL QRY MOQ OTO
UKW C (Reflector): EAE LWU YUU AKX FGG KLJ VRF BFZ
I spent last night actually doing a giant project for uni, though, so I couldn't devote much time to this. That's all of my work.
Edit--Repeated letters don't mean anything. The enigma machine was so complicated for its time, it's why it was so hard to crack. Patterns were hard to find until they found the limitations of the design.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:36 pm
posse
New email from Dan:
Quote:
Sorry it took me a while to update you guys. I had to rest so that I won't go irrational and be stressed out.
Bad news is that Genus is missing. He wasn't in the Explosives Testing Bay.
Good news is that we think he is alive. The blast door override was triggered, so I supposed he found it and got his way out. So maybe that's why we lost contact with him. I wonder where he went though?
Bad news is that we still can't reach LAINSY because she's still several floors down and there's still a biohazard lockdown at levels 50 to 54 according to the systems. We were already able to tap into some of the facility systems however some are still until lockdown by LAINSY.
Good news is that we are already able to get in, and we've set camp inside the facility's level 1. Which is why we can already access some of the facility's systems without any problem.
Furthermore, the employees trapped in the living quarters are all safe. Seems like everyone in this facility except for Genus is there and safe. However, they still remain locked in because levels 50 to 54 are still a biohazard zone so getting to them is still a no go. However, I already requested a hazmat team from the company and they should arrive in a few hours. The in-facility hazmat team is locked in at the living quarters so they can't do a thing, because if ever they were in the facility itself, they could have solved the biohazard problem already.
I've also contacted the other BODs and they have cancelled the 48 hour deadline. Looks like I won't be off this case anytime soon.
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Daniel Miller
Board of Director, FAILTECH
