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[runeix ftlr]

i agree that Theo should have to work to decipher the message, as we have ad to decipher theirs (the PM's) and that this should show them we can also create puzzels for them to solve.

matt.

p.s sign me up for double agent duty. i am pefectly set up with multiple e-mails, IP's and other information.

message me when we know more.

[jasper]

Re: Something I read in research...

[mac_monkey]

[mr.judkins]

[Weezel]

Alrighty,

I worked on creating a webpage for us to use to encipher/decipher our
text to Theo.

http://chaos.greenhead.com/FTLR/LaSekto/

This uses our 1 and 2 space method of encoding the text. It will also
convert line feeds into HTML breaks, and basically give you the
final text to be posted to the forum.

This reduces error in using the existing Bacon decoders and trying to
do the find/replace method we discussed above. It also should reduce
errors related to encoding as well.

Additionally, it will tell you if you have enough cover text to
encipher your message. Remember it's secret message length * 5, to
determine the amount of spaces needed for our AB payload.

Checkout mr.judkins sample page at
http://mr.judkins.googlepages.com/tester%233

You should be able to view the source, copy and paste it into my
decipher tool, and see the plain text he has hidden.

Last night in IRC, I suggested that when we start leaving messages we
utilize the text from The New Atlantis as our cover text.

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext00/nwatl11h.htm

The next step needs to be to leave a message, directing him to contact
ONE PERSON so that we know he:
1) Got the message we left for him
2) Figured out the decoding method

If this doesn't happen, we can't be sure he ever got the message in the
first place.

We were still discussing the next steps in the process last night when I
had to bail, so maybe we'll finalize those today.

++++
Another test message for you to decode
++++
We sailed from Peru, (where we had continued for the space of one whole year) for China and Japan, by the South Sea; taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months space, and more. But the wind came about, and settled in the west for many days, so as we could make little or no way, and were sometime in purpose to turn back. But then again there arose strong and great winds from the south, with a point east, which carried us up (for all that we could do) towards the north; by which time our victuals failed us, though we had made good spare of them. So that finding ourselves, in the midst of the greatest wilderness of waters in the world, without victuals, we gave ourselves for lost men and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who showeth his wonders in the deep, beseeching him of his mercy, that as in the beginning he discovered the face of the deep, and brought forth dry land, so he would not discover land to us, that we might not perish.

[Elizabeth123]

Great job, Weezel! That'll make life so much easier.

Can we agree now--as Mr. Judkins suggested--that only ONE PERSON will contact Theo, at least at first? I know we've got lots of people who want to join La Sekto (love that term), but if people start posting right and left in code, he'll realize what's going on, right? I nominate either Weezel or Mr. J, because of the work they've so generously done already on this, but really it can be anyONE.

[Weezel]

[VictorSueiro]

There is a parallel effort in Diego's forum to contact Theo. We are hiding messages in our posts.
Its a really simple idea... take a look to Diego's forum...
(ten last posted topics)

[Weezel]

[mr.judkins]

[lhall]

[Weezel]

[Elizabeth123]

Per Weezel's meta comment, Mr. J, did you send the send the tool to Ariadne? (Or Weezel, do you want to?)

[Weezel]

[Elizabeth123]

But...I thought all this was communicated with Ariadne up front? (See the first page of this thread.) It's not that we're actual double-agents, right? We're just trying to get info. to help the agons, and I think she was told that last week?