Re: Crack me please



An algorithm is a step-by-step process whereby given an input and a
finite amount of time the algorithm terminates with an output.

A bunch of numbers is not an algorithm, at least not in the form you
presented. Technically, if I write an algorithm description in ASCII,
the description is a bunch of numbers (that represent ASCII symbols)
but this is not what you are doing.

You are given the ciphertext without the process whereby the ciphertext
was generated.

Tom

I should have said I am unsure how to express the functions I used
without giving the key away. I understand what you want, I'm just
having a hard time figuring out how to do it.

This of course does not relate at all to the first code, I just wanted
to make sure the pattern wasn't so obvious that it was pointless. As I
said, unfair, but effective.


The second one though, well, heres how it went:

take text.
assign ID in relation the magic square.
adjust value of each ID in relation to the key.
adjust position of each character in relation to the magic square.

Does that make sense?

816
357
492

is a 3x3 Magic Square. No matter which direction you add the columns,
it equals fifteen. This is the inherent weakness, since there are only
so many variations. A puzzle code basically.

.

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