Re: Decryption challenge...

SimeonArgus wrote:
I've got a very simple encryption algorithm, and I was wondering if
anyone would be willing to take me up on an offer to prove that this
algorithm has certain qualities.

My goal is to prove that it is secure, in that the average I.T. person
or computer programmer isn't going to be able to look at the
cyphertext and say "Gee, I bet this says 'Hello World'".

Secondly, since I don't have need for super-strong encryption, but I
do have need for very, very, very light-weight encryption that this
text would take at least a couple of hours and a reasonable knowledge
of encryption/decription methods to get at the data inside.

My challenge is this: I will post the sreen name of the first person
to correctly decode the following cypher text. If you are interested
in trying, knowing what I've stated above, reply to this post so I
know there are people banging on it. Bragging rights to the first
person to break it open and reveal the message inside.

In case there are newlines in the message that you get, note that
there are no newlines. This should be one continuous string before
attempting to decode.

Thanks, and good luck.

--Sim.

--- MESSAGE ---
pFbeEQUsCmhqGHRexPwNJweDkrvJ/yx+LrnHv
+Eza3XJYqsL0yCLftftYsHERYlxi6XkKL5fjWOl0BBNgTqXYIcAtnp7Qxs2ODlvTMT8CWkf19qH1eA6MS
+Llaf9Llky0GqvAt0njXfX5XiFkFCHeMfx5m36ToZjucVEBuRZyy7UftIUVjBFajgEc17E8Eh3FJjVmsH/
aXAuiZqx4HtYd9JmsAaRY5R2mPxgwMRFgz2E9/wj/
UPFZajHX0yOO9l3m0nIGRQlTz93AXRSi/8bOEaYwMjX8zoxKZmVsfAtQn3RcOIGkyfEdpb/
dYWCXp49iOvsbe5Ol2Kv2xBNhnOKaJhM3k97Qxk2OCZoWpCxAXRGg9qNgOEqYyWI2/78OkZ3hHqtEt00hX2DrGHAxEWDPYX36Cq
+Sod
+tcEPGeRZ9A2jUt4eVjBFajgGclKQ9EhqA9uSmMz3KGIlzcWr5nsJW4N1p0eZJodhjvx4wIARlXKS96k961GffaWXEFCHc41vkRrIBRQjT3xsUWxSivRIdAnX
+8jL/CZmYITB+eF7RX3QI7EXnC7KM/qGAa+tFoBxx/
XmPuoLnH61xxBJmzqDYtRX3gMFKE16ODBTerS/
SFMOltyD07IodiGE2/70NFky0GKpDpMkxGef5X
+Fh1mNcYvg5yr7B8VwrtEQWoY9nnWVTs4cFz1DcHYCIFSKsRtoCoHbhseyIGVu4L/
TmHYGQc1u7Gf9Q+QT94wMpeQx7B3nhYlNnivlEcC1MDnpU/kH
--- END MESSAGE ---

The best place for this sort of thing is sci.crypt but guess what sort of reception you'd get there?

Sebastian is correct, if you want us to 'prove the algorithm has certain qualities' then you need to provide the algorithm.

The text arrived, not on one line, but randomly truncated. I'm guessing the truncation occoured at points where there were spaces.

So, with no algorithm, and probably corrupted ciphertext, you've asked us to perform close to the impossible. However, this does not mean your algorithm is any good.

Bogwitch.

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