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[Curlytek]

Alisdair, put the pic and program in a folder on your c:\ drive in windows. Open the DOS window and type cd.. until you get to the c:\ directory.

Then, if the folder is say puzzle, type cd puzzle to go to c:\puzzle.

now to run the program, type what it says in the help file (eg, program.exe -x picture.bmp)

Hope that gets you through, you can probably Google for similar DOS operating help.

[ALISDAIRPARK]

thanks again for all the help guys, hopefully I'll be able to return the favour at some point soon! I'll have to wait until tonight to try this though, damn & double damn!

[lostykitkat]

Could someone please help me with ref to the search? have gone

[ALISDAIRPARK]

Woo- Hoo got it to work at last, thanks again for all the help. KitKat, PM me if you are still stuck.

Of course still can't get the address right to find the damn picture

EDIT: Found an index, wrong site and no help

EDIT2: OK moving on with a lotta help Thanks dude.

EDIT3: Interesting frequency analysis

[Phant]

Yes I've been trying frequency analysis for a while - assuming most common letter is what you'd expect it to be. But this doesn't leave many likely options as far as I can see.

And what about last bit, which is

[Danives]

Could there be any reason why the 5th word doesnt start with a capital?

[ALISDAIRPARK]

I reckon it will be, but whether it helps with the solve who knows! I'm also not sure about the whack lead, it's interesting, but not sure it takes us anywhere, but then I'm usually wrong anyway...

EDIT: Incidentally I'm working on the theory that this is quite a simple cipher as there is so little to work with, so still playing about with a simple sub. There's also the "clue" that the code is still broken into words (hopefully) rather than blocks, or pairs.

[monkeyslave]

This cipher has been puzzling me for a while now

I'm thinking that maybe the two bold words are the key to the cipher used to decode the first line/six words, but none of the ciphers I try seem to be working???

But I can't spot a clue to the cipher?

On the Frequency Analysis front - the numbers are going to be skewed by the message being so short

[ALISDAIRPARK]

yeah I knew the analysis would be out, but it's strange there are so many 2s.

[Avalix]

hmmm ok i done with the tow other blocks and got soemthing from the picture. im guessing its used on the top block as a key.

Any idea on a cipher to use or is this what you are tallking about now

[Phant]

Not a key exactly - but it is required.

It isn't untrue that it is Base64 either - although this probablly won't help much.

I gave a hint earlier in the thread

[Avalix]

lol well if you did i cant see it

Hmmm think im gonna have to sleep on this. was there a clue as to the right decryption method to use on it or did you all guess

[Curlytek]

No guessing required.....it's pretty unique given all of the available information.

[Jakeo]

Yay more puzzling fun!

Note to mind candy: when your players start writing their own puzzles, they've run out of yours to work on!

[Avalix]

woo got the next keyword. didnt really understand how/why it worked though lol. well on to the next one