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8141- Are we sure it's John?
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8141- Are we sure it's John?

I posted this in the new guys section but thought i would add it here. We seemed to have come up with John from 8141 - but are we sure?

Caretaker said that Reggie was mumbling code ot something

Than he got the 8141

The 8 point value letters are J and K

The 4 point are F H V W Y

Many have 1 point

I thought that perhaps 8141 means JAVA and is part of the front door approach that Caretaker was hinting about with something being obvious for the programmer. What do you think??

FYI The possibilities:
j*f* k*f*
J*h* k*h*
J*v* k*v*
j*W* k*w*
J*y* j*y*


Sorry for bringing this up in two spots. What can i say, I'm a new girl in school. i didn't see a puzzle thread for 8141 specifically.

Rose

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That's an interesting bit of speculation, but I beleve he said something about him mentioning "goto". That would hint towards some sort of BASIC style language. JAVA doesn't support gotos. I can't think fo anything to do with that stuff in java, but I will keep looking around.

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Hey - i looked at the last few caretaker logs again. i didn't see anything about "go to" but they might be edited.

i am not a Java programmer but is there a way that info could be put into the NRu site through JAVA??

I know my question isn't very clear but CT said something about a "frontdoor" in the 10/24 session at 22:36.

He seemed to imply that there is a way to get information in addition to the backdoor method. Kona asked him about another log-in site and he isn't too clear.

The more I read this, the more I think that 8141 is seperate from the crossword. You guys had already suggested reading the Bible parts before the 8141 came up.

Unless I am wrong about the order of the logs. I am still getting a handle on this info.

Rose

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Yes, cookies. Your sugestion gave me an idea to check for cookies on the nru.us site (Yes, magesteff, I should have checked when I replied to your post). They use webtrends cookies, just like cfrg.us.

However, nru.us's cookies are improper. They contain the IP address of the server, not the IP address of the client. In adition, I have two entries for that value in my cookie cache. I don't know what this means at the moment, but definatly sends up a red flag in my mind. I am at work now, so I can not do any hardcore analysis, however I will work on it when I get home.

[EDIT: After further investigation, tinag.com and acheron.us have a similar cookie, with the servers IP rather then the clients IP, like cfrg.us. However, both of those only have one entry rather then two.]

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Replys to Rosebud and AnthraX

Rosebud: your point on the 8141 is well thought out. We were working off John based on a comment from Caretaker whose crypto friend said they were scrabble letters for John. Then when Caretaker went a step further saying Reggie/Marcus also had the aka of John Baxter, we thought that was a possible link, but your idea may be the better clue.


And AnthraX I have only one thing to say to you and that is Razz Razz Razz Very Happy
but you are forgiven because you are the one who brought the solitaire and the bridge column to our attention. Wink
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Maybe we are onto something here. i am not sure about checking the cookies because I am not at home. It would be great to get some new info before the game restarts.

I'll look forward to your posts.

Happy Thanksgiving

Rose

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Already mentioned about a month ago on IRC, but didn't make it here. There is about 3 or 4 possible meanings of 8141, one of them is Java.
I am a Java programmer so the informations:
There is GOTO in Java although it is not used (It is a reserved word without meaning for later use).
There is no Java on either of the sites. They use ASP and PHP as far as I know.

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After further research, that appears to be an anomaly with my work machine. The cookies check out fine on my home computer.

Also, there is one javascript. http://nru.us/fprotate.class It is used within http://nru.us/nrureccenter.htm . It appears to be clean, nothing of note in it.

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Thanks, but please look at this again. i wish I knew more about Java. the whole page is different than any other page and navigates differently. Is that just becase the picture changes??/ And why would that be?

Maybe someone else can help here. I think that we can't assume that 8141 is John. It might not be Java, are there any other porgamming terms that fit??

Please read the logs - not the Wiki summaries. You have to get the entire flow of several days of contact from Caretaker.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I think there has to be another "frontdoor" way to acccess NRU. caretaker said so as clearly as he possibly could. At least to my reading.

Thanks. Have a great Holiday!!

Rose

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rosebud wrote:


Maybe I'm crazy, but I think there has to be another "frontdoor" way to acccess NRU. caretaker said so as clearly as he possibly could. At least to my reading.

Thanks. Have a great Holiday!!

Rose


I think so too. Rose, we found several pages of information, not through the back door login, but through manipulations of hidden files on the nru servers. These were the movie pages

Some of the other pages (i.e. Booyah! fish pages, found on L3, NRU, and the Mirror pages over at CFRG) show that at least some of the information can be stumbled across by random chance, if you hit the correct combination of words. So it is possible to find some things "through the front door" because they require no passwords.

We also have to ID badges for NRU, there is a good chance that these will hopefully open some doors for us.
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more 8141

While John seems a logical answer, since Reggie/Marcus is John Baxter, I thought I'd take another look at 8141 after rosebud wrote:
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Maybe someone else can help here. I think that we can't assume that 8141 is John. It might not be Java, are there any other porgamming terms that fit??


From this site, the tile values in Scrabble for 8141 are..
8 J X
1 A E I L N O R S T U
4 F H V W Y

Using a Crossword Puzzle Solver from here
I get the following...
there were no matches for any combinations starting with the letter X.
JIFS
JAFE
JEHU
JOHN
JAVA
JIVE
JAWS
JEWS
JAYS
JOYS

JIFS file extensions?
JAWS a movie (We know Reggie likes movies. And "Jaws" was one he mentioned. I can't find it at the moment.)JEHU is a Biblical name
JAFE is an acronym for 2 things; Joint Advanced Fighter Engine, and, my favorite, Just Another Freakin' Engineer Laughing Really, that's what it means.

After all this..I still don't know what to do with 8141.
driz

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Hi!
Java and JavaScript is two different things. One developed by Sun and one developed by MS for similar purposes (?).
But the *.class you have found IS Java. I'll try to see what's in it.

OnyxW
Ps.: If you find another thing with .class ending, please let me know. I'm a programmer and know what to do with it.

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There's nothing special in fprotate.class.

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OnyxW wrote:
Hi!
Java and JavaScript is two different things. One developed by Sun and one developed by MS for similar purposes (?).
But the *.class you have found IS Java. I'll try to see what's in it.

OnyxW
Ps.: If you find another thing with .class ending, please let me know. I'm a programmer and know what to do with it.


I can assure you that I have quite a bit of programming experience, including java. I did do a bytecode analysis and found nothing wrong with it. Calling it a Javascript file was nothing more then a slip of the tongue.

Java and JavaScript are both closely related. Both Java and JavaScript are developed by Sun. Microsoft has attempted to fork off the java interpreter with a Windows-only version of the JVM, but are no longer allowed to distribute it.

You may want to try being a bit nicer with your replies. You can catch more flies with honey then with vinegar.

AnthraX101

[EDIT: Lightened up a bit]
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Gosh Anthrax I hope I didn't do anything wrong. I am a very nice person and don't want to upset anyone. It is obvious that I dont know programming at all (yet) and I was only asking for help.

Glad to know that you are out there!

Rose

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