Any cryptologists out there?

[jamena]

no solutoins, just some calulations...
Someone suggested simple substitution...
Some stats on that lump of text

all text capitalised, numbers and +/ left as is:
char hex ascii freq
V 56 86 63
E 45 69 61
H 48 72 54
A 41 65 53
Q 51 81 51
U 55 85 49
W 57 87 49
G 47 71 48
I 49 73 48
C 43 67 47
P 50 80 47
F 46 70 46
Y 59 89 46
K 4b 75 45
L 4c 76 45
B 42 66 44
R 52 82 44
M 4d 77 43
X 58 88 43
N 4e 78 41
O 4f 79 41
Z 5a 90 41
J 4a 74 39
D 44 68 37
S 53 83 36
T 54 84 34
1 31 49 30
2 32 50 28
6 36 54 28
4 34 52 26
5 35 53 24
9 39 57 24
7 37 55 22
+ 2b 43 21
0 30 48 20
3 33 51 20
/ 2f 47 18
8 38 56 16

in terms of substitution, using data off the wikipedia for letter frequencies...

you get:

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

throw your 72 wrap back in and it looks like this: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Didn't help much

[Pennycook]

Nice try, Jam.

Still no progress on my end.

[jamena]

done a bit more fiddling with the text...to avoid using up forum space, here's some splitting up of the text...

click me

[Pennycook]

done a bit more fiddling with the text...to avoid using up forum space, here's some splitting up of the text...

click me

Ooh, neat. Question is; does it mean anything? Lol.

[jamena]

Ooh, neat. Question is; does it mean anything? Lol.

shhhh, don't spoil the moment

[Pennycook]

shhhh, don't spoil the moment

Lmao.

Well, somebody on the other forum has converted each of the characters to hex, for absolutely no reason. At least we're closer than he is?

[jamena]

Lmao.

Well, somebody on the other forum has converted each of the characters to hex, for absolutely no reason. At least we're closer than he is?

Have you a link to the original thread? You mentioned something about people typing out an xmas song ... maybe there's a clue to it all somewhere!

[Pennycook]

Have you a link to the original thread? You mentioned something about people typing out an xmas song ... maybe there's a clue to it all somewhere!

Well, it's more a collection of threads than one individual thread:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewforum.php?f=13292

The thread entitled: 'Journal of ElfTech247' is the one from which the encrypted message is taken, however.

[Pennycook]

Somebody has decided that it's DEFINITELY base64 and has decoded it then put it in hex:

8143 de08 0000 1da6 c245 f018 02ec 3fbd cc84 dc19 5d9e 42ad 98a2 a302 4f5f 6ea8
862a ca05 5337 0db5 d405 dd5f 08a6 67b9 dddb c316 5a96 3cf6 8faa cb59 5356 7bb4
8223 df1b 0b21 79e7 cd58 925d 06ac 69eb c8c5 9d51 06cd 22e8 81f1 9513 4d57 72e6
ca38 824d 4a3d 35ab 8944 c541 44b7 37ee 8ace 9356 42d0 6ce5 88bf 864e 0058 39f4
876a e91e 0b37 37f7 c55c df51 09f9 08b7 8e91 e91e 4387 6dee 88f5 c95d 1118 41af
9668 a42f 0a7c 69fb 8d13 8257 16f0 42a3 c2cc a901 059a 30e2 c7ee c008 4542 48b5
8630 bc5f 5567 60f8 9c1a 904b 01be 5de3 ab8c d423 1e89 36f5 d5f4 cb53 067d 7b9a
8104 d217 1e23 62f7 994c 834e 03a9 66b5 cbc1 8a5f 1fd2 62ed d9ba 834c 565b 6bea
8267 824f 122f 2cf3 d047 cd4b 49f9 2df6 ce82 db4c 4fcf 62f2 81a7 955d 5516 68f9
9762 cc5d 4a72 03ad 8802 ab03 14fa 61e4 d28e 955e 02d9 4aa0 cab1 af4a 5710 74fd
9964 9759 4d26 1aba 9e1a fb18 52ec 38e0 9699 9c06 14c1 4eba d6b8 b91d 090b 2ef6
c171 c74e 4963 58a2 8116 b905 4baa 64be 8fdf 8c15 028e 16b4 8bf6 b25e 0604 23aa
c838 8713 0859 00e7 db2b f648 4da2 2fe3 8dd0 d809 43b5 5eec 90c6 b94f 0b52 70bb
d82f 9b18 091d 14fa 8371 e410 40ba 33a0 84c3 d602 0de2 48e0 cbde a958 0656 64b1
d32f 841e 5005 1fe7 9677 ee59 5af4 65b7 988b 8d11 1cfe 0fe5 dec2 ee41 1f05 3ea0
cf39 d302 524b 03e8 903f e802 41ae 66f2 85db 8f18 1cb6 47b3 dac3 e315 1a41 3cad
9d2e d713 544b 4fa0 d339 a31e 11f5 7fa2 d38d db0c 18a7 06af d6cf ec0a 4d10 79b2
8278 dd1d 5214 0dbc 9b69 ea1f 0cee 74ae 8bbb 9d05 5ee1 0bef 9889 e14c 0360 2eb0
cc08 d81f 1552 52e9 da3a a54a 499a 39a8 8fe3 de10 43e1 17ff 8891 e315 4470 76b7
954c 8614 0c18 47b3 8b6b b616 12d6 33e4 d6a9 c44b 40e2 02b5 85de ef0d 1d21 6bf2
9a5a 8e6b 094b 40b4 cf35 af1d 05cf 6fda cbbf 8e76 50ee 4ea2 baf8 b91a 2d6a 42ac
ff17 e615 712d 1489 b353 fe26 7584 07b6 f2e1 ed1d 2e88 4d93 a9e7 ba38 7062 59a2
f912 fd48 353c 178d f357 e729 7aba 1cfd aecf fc17 38df 4e8d f1a2 ea23 2b5b 1da2
ac26 f509 7b0a 5f9d fc36 fb1e 31b4 1abc e288 f213 72a6 4aab bd9a bc04 601f 54ad
a270 a447 2241 18bc a52e fd02 20e3 02f9 ea96 a856 2bbe 48f2 edd7 a054 214d 1ad3
f471 ed7c 2655 15ed e869 b149 73ff 5fd8 b790 be60 66fa 50eb e181 a040 310a 11d9
f970 b561 675a 41f5 b529 e54c 73fd 1dc3 ba8e b77a 3ba0 57fd bbe0 b645 7155 13fd
b127 f617 373b 1efa e454 fb10 7aaf 56a1 be93 bc0a 2fdc 5fb7 e9a5 b40d 7546 2afa
a62e cd51 7130 14fd f658 fe56 20bd 62e4 f5c6 824f 3dc7 4ff3 ecba eb5c 6d58 2bbf
b964 cc00 6223 44e9 a34c ac56 37fc 7eb5 b084 920b 689b 03e7 a3e8 e042 7b1a 3ab9
ac26 d101 2b7a 4df3 e90f e94a 22ad 64a3 fc91 940c 7092 45f5 a3fd af56 3703 30a8
f878 9416 6861 07eb aa15 e101 76e1 21e6 b989 ca5e 249c 4bb0 e6f7 a15a 3507 2be6
b23b 8f65 6869 4eee 931b be03 38a8 2bc3 ebc4 c229 0bc0 1abf cdb0 fb01 634a 2391
b134 872f 5f27 1afd 995e ea44 2eae 2adf e0c5 c279 1b85 0be0 deb9 af4f 6a1e 6fc5
be22 8460 432d 1cfa c411 b810 7bb7 6590

As for whether that's at all helpful, I can't say.

[Pennycook]

NOOO...

He's put up another one.

[Tumble]

Where did you get it from? Got linkage? got a "crack" cipher munkey on the case for ya

[Pennycook]

Where did you get it from? Got linkage? got a "crack" cipher munkey on the case for ya

They're both in this thread:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/vie....php?t=1603521

[jamena]

I'm thinking that as it's only got numbers, letters, and + and / in it that it's less involved than decoding to base64 and using hex...

[Pennycook]

Ok, the admins have started posting hints, now.

247 mentioned that his password had '10 letters'. Another ElfTech has mentioned that she had a nightmare about her maths homework, but doesn't do maths...

Of course, the most interesting thing is that ElfTech101 had a dream in which 247 was a BLOWFISH and said 'ayiraganap'.

Blowfish is an encryption method, ayiraganap is a 10-letter word. Incidentally, spelling it backwards gives Panagariya, which is the surname of the artist of www.applegeeks.com, which 247 has also mentioned...

Unfortunately, passing either of the codes through a Blowfish decrypter does nout, so I'm stuck.

[Ramedge]

looking through a book in computing about encryption - i stumbled across CSR (certificate signing request) there was some examples of it and it looks identicle to the code you posted.

i believe you need a key to decrypt this message however

[chicken]

I have no idea what to use to do this, but rather than common base systems, what if you keep the locations of the / and + symbols and run the rest in the blocks that fall between them as if it were (26+26+10) Base62 or capitalise all the letters and use Base36 then attempt to turn that into other common codes, like Base26 for the alphabet or to Ascii?

I'm just wondering if the slashes are supposed to be there, like it's an address or something.