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[3 SOLVED!] Paris files from login decryption
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 		[3 SOLVED!] Paris files from login decryption
We found three new pages from decrypting the login results: memos.html, key.html, and allocations.html.

On key.html, we have what appears to be a cipher, which we will term Puzzle A (solved by Rowan below):
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70 111 114 32 76 105 103 104 116 32 69 110 99 114 121 112 116 105 111 110 58 32 83 105 109 112 108 101 32 115 121 109 98 111 108 32 115 117 98 115 116 105 116 117 116 105 111 110 32 99 105 112 104 101 114 115 32 115 104 111 117 108 100 32 98 101 32 97 112 112 114 111 112 114 105 97 116 101 32 105 110 32 109 111 115 116 32 99 97 115 101 115 32 102 111 114 32 109 97 105 110 116 97 105 110 105 110 103 32 99 117 114 114 101 110 116 32 115 101 99 117 114 105 116 121 32 112 114 111 116 111 99 111 108 115 46 32 80 108 101 97 115 101 32 114 101 109 101 109 98 101 114 32 116 111 32 114 111 116 97 116 101 32 121 111 117 114 32 99 105 112 104 101 114 115 33 32 32 87 105 116 104 32 116 104 101 32 99 117 114 114 101 110 116 32 115 117 115 112 105 99 105 111 110 32 111 102 32 97 32 34 108 101 97 107 34 32 119 105 116 104 105 110 32 116 104 101 32 99 111 109 112 97 110 121 44 32 109 97 105 110 116 97 105 110 105 110 103 32 116 104 101 115 101 32 109 105 110 105 109 97 108 32 114 101 113 117 105 114 101 109 101 110 116 115 32 111 102 32 101 110 99 114 121 112 116 105 111 110 32 83 72 79 85 76 68 32 107 101 101 112 32 111 117 116 115 105 100 101 114 115 32 102 114 111 109 32 100 105 115 99 111 118 101 114 105 110 103 32 105 110 102 111 114 109 97 116 105 111 110 32 97 110 100 32 105 110 116 101 114 110 97 108 32 99 111 109 109 117 110 105 99 97 116 105 111 110 115 46 13 10 13 10 70 111 114 32 77 101 100 105 117 109 32 69 110 99 114 121 112 116 105 111 110 58 32 87 104 101 110 32 109 111 114 101 32 99 111 109 112 108 105 99 97 116 101 100 32 101 110 99 111 100 105 110 103 32 105 115 32 110 101 99 101 115 115 97 114 121 44 32 112 108 101 97 115 101 32 117 115 101 32 111 110 101 32 111 102 32 116 104 101 32 97 118 97 105 108 97 98 108 101 32 101 110 99 114 121 112 116 105 111 110 32 115 121 115 116 101 109 115 32 114 101 99 111 109 109 101 110 100 101 100 32 98 121 32 86 97 112 111 114 44 32 73 110 99 44 32 115 117 99 104 32 97 115 32 116 104 101 32 98 105 110 97 114 121 32 101 110 99 111 100 105 110 103 32 115 121 115 116 101 109 46 32 32 84 104 101 32 98 105 110 97 114 121 32 99 111 100 105 110 103 32 115 121 115 116 101 109 32 109 101 110 116 105 111 110 101 100 32 119 105 108 108 32 108 105 109 105 116 32 105 110 102 111 114 109 97 116 105 111 110 32 114 101 108 101 97 115 101 32 118 105 115 105 98 108 101 32 116 111 32 97 110 121 32 111 117 116 115 105 100 101 114 115 44 32 119 104 111 32 108 105 107 101 108 121 32 119 105 108 108 32 110 111 116 32 117 110 100 101 114 115 116 97 110 100 32 116 104 101 32 105 110 102 111 114 109 97 116 105 111 110 32 116 104 97 116 32 116 104 101 121 32 97 114 101 32 118 105 101 119 105 110 103 32 97 110 100 32 119 105 108 108 32 114 101 103 97 114 100 32 116 104 101 32 112 114 101 115 101 110 116 97 116 105 111 110 32 97 115 32 34 106 117 110 107 34 46 13 10 13 10 13 10 70 111 114 32 72 101 97 118 121 32 69 110 99 114 121 112 116 105 111 110 44 32 112 108 101 97 115 101 32 117 116 105 108 105 122 101 32 116 104 101 32 102 111 108 108 111 119 105 110 103 32 97 115 32 105 115 32 97 112 112 114 111 112 114 105 97 116 101 58 13 10 13 10 72 97 115 104 105 110 103 58 32 77 68 53 44 32 82 105 112 101 77 68 44 32 83 72 65 49 44 32 83 72 65 50 53 54 44 32 83 72 65 53 49 50 44 32 84 105 103 101 114 13 10 13 10 67 104 97 105 110 105 110 103 58 32 67 66 67 44 32 67 70 66 56 98 105 116 44 32 67 70 66 98 108 111 99 107 44 32 79 70 66 44 32 67 84 82 13 10 13 10 65 108 103 111 114 105 116 104 109 58 32 66 108 111 119 102 105 115 104 44 32 67 97 115 116 50 53 54 44 32 77 65 82 83 44 32 82 67 54 44 32 65 69 83 32 40 82 105 106 110 100 97 101 108 41 44 32 83 101 114 112 101 110 116 44 32 84 119 111 102 105 115 104 44 32 73 68 69 65 44 32 51 68 69 83 13 10 80 108 101 97 115 101 32 117 115 101 32 72 101 97 118 121 32 69 110 99 114 121 112 116 105 111 110 32 119 104 101 110 101 118 101 114 32 110 101 99 101 115 115 97 114 121 33 13 10

On memos.html, we have a number of useful links embedded in text. These link us to more puzzles.

Puzzle B, at aes0802.html (solved in a post below):
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01. TEVSN RWEPA SIKUF BEGLS LGWWS DZSNG WDTGT IFTMS LJGRY KEJML RWSWL OXZEG GMTSN
CKGSS LSXAG ZIINI RYERL IXQEB LREUT MGNSF AQSSW AVISN HYLST APKCE DEWMB NWCXA SYFAA SRIGF LWRET IPATM WSMLI WTEPA EZWDE LTLAS XAMIL HELTL WSYTJ IUTQM SXJEQ SIRAN EKTEL ESXIK FOVSN GWAWL OLWRT GSWAB PQIRZ EVATI VTEDE RLSWG TLSTX ZEETI PATMW SGSNF WTEHP IVAWJ ATADP QAWHO WKIFD YAATL GUXKU FBEGL SLAEP VIRYO VANXW RJWRI FCISS WZEQG NMLOV KCSFT VGLSX HIJGM XTTDE EKEIP EVUIW WCEMT MGNAZ ERVEE DIRYW MLHXZ EWMBN WCXSS MLHEK RIUER LLCUO QWTSD IKZTX ZAXKH IEACT EEOAV WOJNA TGRMF CEFDX ZEMJC YJRIF TMFTI FTMGN WXOVZ EVOEL SVIVI WHAXU HIVAT HRSHR MSTIS GIFTW LOVWM IVYXZ EWWCY JIXQL ISKAZ IGZME QHENE GGMTJ OQASI VTLWA ASRIF EWKOJ LHIKU FBEGL

02. SGZRI TEVBE RFAGM RVWNX SLTZA WMBNW CXKSM KTIJM SFIXG RGSRI XUPDY AZIPW ORDOG STMGN MFNIO YSJKG ATCXO VKIKF SXZAX LHILR EATWF EGWSW SRCAN GMRVW NXSLT ZAWMB NWCXS RIYER WTMUA PDYHG MMFAR LIRLH IXAQA LC

Additional Topic: SYTJI UTWBO YJNED SVWVI SLEZI KZRIX EVWNG WRELE XGPSL ERLIE DAFAL MLYSF TLWPE JTSXH IJGVS NHEOX ZEVHL ISSIJ EWWAV UHXZI WHOMF TJMRX ZEVAF TGSWA BPW

There is also a link to an mp3 at the Berlin Department page.

On allocations.html, we have a link to another mp3 and a password-protected PDF, as well as an interesting series of numbers that are obviously some sort of Puzzle C. Edit: This has been deciphered - see below.
Note: This page was found later by delusional696, and this post has been edited to include this information.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:18 pm
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 		Saved that mp3, opened up its properties, and found this in Summary -> Comments:

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He does not trust the company, nor does he believe that the group known as The Firekeepers are altruistic. He has heard mention of the possibility of involvement of double agents, and he sincerely hopes that the security team is not focusing on his efforts at undermining the company's terrible goals. He remembered the Belton case, and how she had destroyed months of research, and how Nine had died because of her. He knew what they were capable of, and what she was capable of. He only doubted his own capabilities.

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 		As I noted in the other thread http://vaporlofts.com/paris/allocation.html is really http://vaporlofts.com/paris/allocations.html.

Theres a few more links here and at least one more puzzle.

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the comments in file0521.mp3

They approached him for the first time after he intentionally sank his parent's yacht. When they asked him why he did it, he shrugged his shoulders. When they told him they knew about the small fortune that he'd sent down with the ship, he smiled. "Eve

looks like there should be more. Mabey we can string the comments together.


Theres also a couple of pdf documents one password protected.
and some interesting numbers.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:42 am
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delusional696 wrote:
looks like there should be more. Mabey we can string the comments together.

There is more. The whole comment says
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They approached him for the first time after he intentionally sank his parent's yacht. When they asked him why he did it, he shrugged his shoulders. When they told him they knew about the small fortune that he'd sent down with the ship, he smiled. "Every man needs to hide a treasure," he said, and swam on.


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 		Puzzle A solution:
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Its ASCII again (thanks daemonworks!)
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For Light Encryption: Simple symbol substitution ciphers should be appropriate in most cases for maintaining current security protocols. Please remember to rotate your ciphers! With the current suspicion of a "leak" within the company, maintaining these minimal requirements of encryption SHOULD keep outsiders from discovering information and internal communications.

For Medium Encryption: When more complicated encoding is necessary, please use one of the available encryption systems recommended by Vapor, Inc, such as the binary encoding system. The binary coding system mentioned will limit information release visible to any outsiders, who likely will not understand the information that they are viewing and will regard the presentation as "junk".


For Heavy Encryption, please utilize the following as is appropriate:

Hashing: MD5, RipeMD, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, Tiger

Chaining: CBC, CFB8bit, CFBblock, OFB, CTR

Algorithm: Blowfish, Cast256, MARS, RC6, AES (Rijndael), Serpent, Twofish, IDEA, 3DES


Please use Heavy Encryption whenever necessary!

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 		So. Puzzle C. I transcribed it. It is as follows:
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54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 74 69 6D 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 6D 75 72 64 65 72 65 64 20 61 20 6D 61 6E 2C 20 49 20 66 65 6C 74 20 6E 6F 20 72 65 6D 6F 72 73 65 2E 20 20 57 68 61 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 6D 61 6E 20 77 68 6F 73 65 20 6C 69 66 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 74 6F 6F 6B 20 77 69 74 68 20 6D 79 20 76 65 72 79 20 6F 77 6E 20 68 61 6E 64 73 3F 20 20 49 20 62 65 6C 69 65 76 65 2C 20 6E 6F 77 2C 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 6C 6C 20 61 20 74 65 73 74 2E 20 20 49 20 62 65 6C 69 65 76 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 6E 20 74 68 69 73 20 6C 69 66 65 2C 20 77 65 20 61 72 65 20 61 6C 6C 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 3A 20 62 79 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 6D 65 6E 2C 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 67 6F 64 73 2C 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 75 6E 69 76 65 72 73 65 20 61 74 20 6C 61 72 67 65 2C 20 62 79 20 69 74 73 20 76 61 73 74 20 69 6E 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6E 63 65 20 74 6F 77 61 72 64 73 20 6F 75 72 20 6C 69 76 65 73 2E 20 20 49 6E 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 61 73 65 2C 20 69 74 20 73 65 65 6D 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 77 61 6E 74 65 64 20 74 6F 20 6B 6E 6F 77 20 6D 79 20 63 61 70 61 63 69 74 79 20 66 6F 72 20 70 72 6F 63 65 73 73 69 6E 67 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 6E 20 61 63 74 2C 20 6D 79 20 61 62 69 6C 69 74 79 20 74 6F 20 63 6F 70 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 65 6D 6F 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 20 72 65 73 75 6C 74 73 20 6F 66 20 74 61 6B 69 6E 67 20 61 20 6C 69 66 65 2E 20 20 41 6E 64 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 6E 6F 6E 65 2E 20 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 6D 6F 76 65 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 6D 61 64 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 64 65 63 69 73 69 6F 6E 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 6E 6F 74 20 62 65 20 63 68 61 6E 67 65 64 2E 20 20 57 68 79 2C 20 74 68 65 6E 2C 20 64 69 64-20 74 68 65 79 20 65 78 70 65 63 74 20 72 65 6D 6F 72 73 65 3F 20 20 41 20 62 61 64 20 69 6E 76 65 73 74 6D 65 6E 74 20 63 61 6E 20 62 65 20 73 61 6C 76 61 67 65 64 2E 20 20 41 20 73 75 6E 6B 65 6E 20 73 68 69 70 20 63 61 6E 20 62 65 20 62 72 6F 75 67 68 74 20 62 61 63 6B 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 72 66 61 63 65 2E 20 20 42 75 74 20 61 20 6D 61 6E 20 77 68 6F 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6E 20 6D 75 72 64 65 72 65 64 3F 20 20 54 6F 20 62 65 20 62 72 6F 75 67 68 74 20 62 61 63 6B 20 74 6F 20 6C 69 66 65 3F 20 20 50 72 65 70 6F 73 74 65 72 6F 75 73 21 *DADA* 41 74 20 6C 65 61 73 74 2C 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 77 68 61 74 20 49 20 62 65 6C 69 65 76 65 64 2E 20 20 54 68 65 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 65 64 20 6D 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 6D 61 79 20 6E 6F 74 20 62 65 20 74 72 75 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 49 20 63 61 6E 20 73 65 65 2C 20 76 65 72 79 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 61 6C 6C 79 2C 20 77 68 79 20 69 74 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 62 65 20 61 20 70 72 75 64 65 6E 74 20 6D 6F 76 65 20 6F 6E 20 6D 79 20 70 61 72 74 20 74 6F 20 73 74 6F 70 20 74 68 65 6D 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 64 6F 69 6E 67 20 73 6F 2E

And...
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it's hex. Decoded it gives the cheery upbeat message:
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The first time that I murdered a man, I felt no remorse. What of the man whose life that I took with my very own hands? I believe, now, that it was all a test. I believe that in this life, we are all tested: by other men, by the gods, by the universe at large, by its vast indifference towards our lives. In this case, it seems that they wanted to know my capacity for processing such an act, my ability to cope with the emotional results of taking a life. And there were none. It was a move to be made, and a decision that could not be changed. Why, then, did they expect remorse? A bad investment can be salvaged. A sunken ship can be brought back to the surface. But a man who has been murdered? To be brought back to life? Preposterous!

At least, that is what I believed. They have informed me that it may not be true, and I can see, very personally, why it would be a prudent move on my part to stop them from doing so.

O...K...

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 		That deserves a Shocked if anything does.

Anybody else think Paris is speaking in that happy little passage?
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 		I'd like to also point out that the popdensity.pdf on allocations.html has a barcode in the lower right. It might be Code 128, but I can't get beyond 't'. Attached is a close up and enhanced version of the barcode.

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 		OK! The cipher on aes0802.html has been solved!
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The cipher is Vigenere, with keyword AES.

01. Schreber, Anne Elise: Subject shows advanced potential for usefulness to the Company's goal of achieving entity extraction on a massive and global scale. Subject is unaware of her abilities. It is believed at this time that the Subject must remain in a state of ignorance as to her possibly-inherited talents, so that the abilities can be tapped as rapidly as possibly, without Subject shielding or interference as she monitors control of her gift. Please exercise caution when dealing with the Subject, as it has recently come to light that she may be aware of Vapor, Inc. and their current intentions for her. We have dispatched appropriate agents to remedy the security leak which may have compromised the awareness of the Subject.

02. Schreber, Jenna: Current Alpha Subject's sister. Monitor carefully while on location in New York City for signs that the traits necessary in current Alpha Subject are genetically dominant in the family.

Additional Topic: Subject's [or Subjects' ?] journals reveal a high reference rate to potential ability on the part of her grandmother. Please research this point further, if possible.

Note: The capitalization and punctuation are all mine.

There's a lot to be digested in this memo. Note how the text says "...may be aware of Vapor, Inc. and their current intentions..." - if the author of the memo is not Vapor, who is it?

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mapmaker wrote:
Note how the text says "...may be aware of Vapor, Inc. and their current intentions..." - if the author of the memo is not Vapor, who is it?

Couple possibilities that I see:
A) It's Vapor and they are just speaking in third person at that point.
B) This is a memo from the Berlin analysis dept. We know that dept was recently acquired by Vapor, so they could still refer to Vapor as "they"
C) Firekeepers. This could mean Parrish is an Agent for the Firekeepers. However, since the ID and style is the same as all the other Vapor memos, I seriously doubt this is the case.

I want to see what Anne's reaction is to my last slew of proof before I send this to her. But if I don't get a reply from her in a couple days, I'll send this too.

GREAT job, map!
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caspian_x wrote:
C) Firekeepers. This could mean Parrish is an Agent for the Firekeepers. However, since the ID and style is the same as all the other Vapor memos, I seriously doubt this is the case.

Just to keep in mind, though, we think that the London bureau may have been infiltrated by the Firekeepers - maybe the Vaporness is a remnant of this? Or, of course, maybe not.

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 		Just to follow up on Allocations.html...

There's a link to the United States Frequency Allocation PDF there, but it's only a partial and unclear chart.

This is the official one from the internet, and you can see what appears to be the same chart under "30 ghz".

I don't know what to do with it, but at least we see the text.
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