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[PUZZLE - SOLVED] New e-mail! "FILTER PRIORITY" --
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S.D. Ryukage
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[PUZZLE - SOLVED] New e-mail! "FILTER PRIORITY" --

Quote:
X-Originating-IP: [216.22.0.22]
From: "MERCICONTROL" <mercicontrol@subcitycentral.net>
To: ELC3433SPLATSUBCITYCENTRAL.NET
Subject: FILTER PRIORITY
X-Mailer: NeoMail 1.26
X-IPAddress: 216.214.206.155
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 01:40:58 -0400
X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ice.hdllc.net
X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - comcast.net
X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32393 893] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ice.hdllc.net
X-Source:
X-Source-Args:
X-Source-Dir:


SEQUENCE 08 / 15


RECEIVED PROPER RESPONSE FROM ETG7690


RECEIVED NONUSUAL SECONDARY REPLY MESSAGE


PLEASE FILTER


SUGGEST ROTATION OF SECONDARY FILTER




SECONDARY CONTACT MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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VVVVVWBROADCASTROTATION26X2ULWWVWVV


WVVVVVWVVVVWVWWVWVVWWVVWWVWWWVWWWWVVWVWVVVWWVWWVWWWVVWWVVVWVWVVVWWWVVWVV
WWVWVWWWWVWVVWWVVV
WVWWWVWVVVWVWVVWVVVWWVVVWVVVVWVWWVWVWWVWWVWVVWVVWWVVWWWVWWWVVWVWVVWWVWWV
VWVWWWVWVVWVWVVVWV
WWVWVVWVVVVWVWVWVWVWWWVVWVVVWVWVVWVVWWVWVWWVWWWVWVVWVVVWWWWVVWVWWVWVWWVW
VWWWVVWVWWVWWWVWWV
VWWVWV


WVWWVWWVVWVVWWWVWVVWWVWWWWVWWVWWWWWVVWWVVWWWVWWVWVVWWVWVVVWVWVVVWWWVWWWV
VWWVVVWVVVVWVWWWVV
WVWWWVWVVWVVWWVVVWWVVVWVWVVWVVWWVWWVVWVWWWWWVVWVVWWVWVWWVWWVVWVVWWWWVWVW
WVVWVVVWWVWVWVWWWV
VVWWWWWVVWVVWVWWWVWVVVWWWWVWWVVVWWVVWWVWVWVWWWVVWVVVVW


WWWVWVWVVVVWWVVWVVVWVWWWWVWWWVWVVWVVVWVWWVWWVWVWVWWVWVWWVWWVWVVWVVWWVWVV
WVWWWVVWVWVVWWVWWV
VWWVVVVWVVWVWVVVVWWWVWVVWVVVWVVWVWVWVWWWVVWVVVWVWVVVWWWWVWWVWWVVVVWVVVWV
WVVWWWWWWVVVVWWVWV
VWVWWWWWWWWVVWWVVVVWVWWVVWWVWV
--
LET US BE THANKFUL WE HAVE AN OCCUPATION TO FILL
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:43 am
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abysmal
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ooh, at least i recieved this one this time.

i'm pretty nasty at puzzles, is it in the same code as the last ones you've all been recieving? or i wonder if the dechiper has changed again? hrmm! this is the first one i get since i just joined in on it.



[edit: i'm a spelling disaster.]
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I got this one as well, with the exact same date/time stamp.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:37 am
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cpip
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As did I, same stamp. Haven't had a chance to try and crack the code on this one, though. (Just saw it about 5 min ago).

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:55 am
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aliendial
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So should we all send a message like the first part of Anthrax's response but leave out the coded stuff?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:05 am
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ETG ID?

I received last "Filter Priority" email. Still working on the
code... not much success yet.


From Anthrax:
Quote:
I used the ID "ETG7690"

I think his ID is special because of this:

Post from Kenbo
Quote:
<!--
function sound() {
//OMM STANDARD RESPONSE LOG: BY ETG-7690
} ; s = new sound() ; n = 0


Also....From the SRL coded message from SEN Wink
Quote:
you received high level psid



Anthrax...is this where you got your ID idea from? Shocked


SD

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Yes, I used that ID # because I saw it on the webpage source, so I figured it must be valid. No idea why I was singled out...

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ll----ll--ll--ll----l---ll---llll---ll--l--ll---llll-ll-l-ll-llll--l-.


PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:04 am
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cpip
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Trying to use this, seems to be that things are now in blocks of six, instead of the previous pattern. Can't get much farther than that, so far...

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:36 pm
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Yeah I'm using blocks of 6 too. Appears to be 31 combinations (letters and punctuation).

I'm spec-ing that because it talks about rotation, the text we find could be ROT-ed. Just a guess though.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:25 pm
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AnthraX101
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I concur with 6 bits.

Quote:
VVVVVWBROADCASTROTATION26X2ULWWVWVV


The first six letters: VVVVVW are 000001 in binary, or 1 in base 10.
"BROADCASTROTATION" ?
26x2 seems to hint that you are using two 26 character sets
UL Upper and lower case? Hints that the alphabet should be "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", along with the last hint.
WWVWVV is 110100b, or 52.

Since the lowest value is 12, and the biggest is 62, I tried subtracting 11. This didn't give usable results. I tried several other numbers, but no dice yet.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:38 pm
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cpip
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I'm having a devil of a time working this out by hand at my desk at the office -- so much for an EASY substitution cipher! Bang Head

Part of me wants to mutter that this is them, deciding, "Ah! They solved our first cipher too fast! Let's go for something difficult and slow their butts down!"

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S.D. Ryukage
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Hrm. AnthraX, do either of the codes in "VVVVVWBROADCASTROTATION26X2ULWWVWVV" look like something from the cipher you used? ... Just a thought, but it might be designating which cipher to rotate out of and which to rotate into.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:01 pm
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Wishi-san wrote:
Yeah I'm using blocks of 6 too. Appears to be 31 combinations (letters and punctuation).

I'm spec-ing that because it talks about rotation, the text we find could be ROT-ed. Just a guess though.


Using blocks of six, I came up with 36 combinations. The first 26 combos I used A-Z and then used 1-10 for the remaining combos.

A B C D E F G H I J K L
M N O
E J L O B C H L P E Q H
R S J
T B U V J L M E L W X Y
V Y H
C


Y L N Z H 1 D H 2 J K E
O B V
E L 3 J L H R 4 C H 5 M
L C E
6 L E K H 7 M V B


N B L R E L X M C H L T
E Q H
O S B T J U V J K H 8 J
9 10 C
R 1 O X C
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Oh yeah I get 36 too. That's just me going off my memory, which in the short term, is completely terrible!

Oh and I wouldn't use 1-10 as 10 is just 1 and 0. I'd use 0 to 9 although you'll still be lacking any spaces.
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I noticed something odd about the message. If you peel off the first W int the sequence and then tack on a V at the very end you get

Quote:
VVVVVW(A whole lot more Vs and Ws)WWVWVV


Compare to

Quote:
VVVVVWBROADCASTROTATION26X2ULWWVWVV


I've been working along this line but haven't come up with anything yet. It seems unlikely that this is a coincidence. The first set (VVVVVW) only appears once in the message. The second set appears several times.

/Caleb

EDIT: added quotes to make the Vs and Ws more readable

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