Challenges from competitors

[Madness]

Oh, never mind.

[The-letter-wriggler]

@Madness I’m late seeing this.
What do you mean – ‘oh, never mind’ it is a valid point you make.

Yes I am aware of the web mangling but it completely slipped my mind, sorry.
All the Double quotes and all the single quotes are one and the same ASCII character.
Dec____Hex____Binary______Character
34_____22_____00100010____”
39_____27_____00100111____’

I do not see a long bar and no two hyphens appear together.
Check – There are 1129 cipher characters in total including the all important space.
(454 letters, 17 digits, and 658 other characters total 1129.)

There may be other ways of solving this but if you were using the cipher intended
you would know that the f could not be an * in this instance of the cipher.

Birthday? Party? The second part of the subtitle is a hint.

[Mattyrat2027]

The Pollux Cipher is a bit like a homophonic substitution – for Morse code! I stumbled across it, and I remembered by Morse/binary code earlier on. With a bit of research, it turns out that a unique character set is picked for a space, dash and dot. With that in mind, I encrypted this:
QMVNE164USVBWCAPY8YPN0OENM4QA3TLV8F3D1VEQT8F8PPO0XJXDO6ONQ2Q1WZLV0P19ROAVMOSGZ9SYXJ6XHNP0L2M6KQJKJTVX42Q10TF0AQB0E05GJLDDOTXID3
895VKPV752LI0WTGP3RDS13OVX0TLOOT7565ORQIM8WT3JUYF82USAQE5UVT7M5LWAOVYZ1VU3JR9FD8SDOGH8Y0TT8ZGYFJLIPUQ5QSGSXVHPSXJG0JYLHXVP75W7P
I0JRCTV01O769KTZNEEVKY9F57ETYVUTKJ30BVLEZ8WUZ3MKYDGZJCXD3W1FY7VLD9QNVOQYAMLCCZY7CRZEETH8II6VCLIYF07IMFX9VKJYZA6B5RPM5Y7OHOY8VWB
Q7VCXQQHKDZRV5YL2PZ8EGYCYXQEMTNY3YGOCRDTPCAERF0JAFTTY7IS4FX4USVV07PREEWF2UQ5RHVVB6E3OK5B3TXIXV09K53ZXMVH3G0QN6ZYUS91J50XI8E95B2
DI86CUHFFGFQ108ZQP7OF6EX6A2F3RJ3CPLPG43GIZ6DK03N2EAIY5RTTKMBCDY1PXWI8P9XOT1HJBSYONQH9RI0XPLWHH1P5QYXQ8ZYJCUPR2HDOORQ3QT0762BFHI
1WPYUO8SWYRIOG6OI07223XD0RPZVADGO8YM5TRJD5V1E3KHA5S19WFRWS1PS0R4R6FW7IEE7VWAHVH37SELW8SZZGHSRP4B341EREPASTJ8S455ACDAIL0PAWSBZEI
CG94QRJ9JR48594GTORFCLTTYRY98QZN9JPUTE73R0YKSSZAPF15SC7TYJ8M26U3SH0UT5NYDX3RC820YAJDD80OGMB0YVOAHUETEPLERQ8C33UTY8WSXES5UFY6P8J
IGZ0TKFL4FF1EFVROQ7WZ72Z0AJ6MJU446UY6C5UCQCZLTCWBFJOWBVEG3SLF2JRV45KYXTXFJFA66B3SDIGHAVEEYX2FMBJDEP7IFIL6QOGWJFI

Good luck! (By the way, the alphabet is ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ012345789, so 12 characters for each morse character)

[The-letter-wriggler]

TLW Cipher 1 HINT: It’s even odd you should split up after Caesar gave you the old 1 2!

[The-letter-wriggler]

TLW Cipher 2 HINT: Caesar’s modern American relative used computer code!

[Pandarran]

TLW CIPHER 1

MD5 of PLAINTEXTPANDARRAN: 75f144a053dae64899750de96dece66c

Thanks for the Challenge TLW (and the prize!)

[Madness]

This pollux ciphertext is from https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22138137/Crypto-challenge-28-DL-PB-AN-SO-PD-IK-IP-MH-HP-AK-PD-MD-AF-KF-UC-DC-DY-DT-CU-FT-QB-FK-TD-KR-SY-AK-DQ-SL-QA-DS.html

i 8 o o e e 8 o o 8 o e o 8 8 i e l o 8 o o 8 e i i o 8 o o e e 8 e 8 e i e 8 8 e e 8 e o o 8 8 l o
e e 8 o l 8 e e o 8 e 8 l o e 8 8 i i i 8 l o 8 8 i 8 o e e o 8 o 8 8 i l 8 l i l 8 o l e 8 e o o 8
e 8 8 i o i o 8 l l i 8 i o o 8 e 8 e i e l e l 8 8 e o 8 l 8 8 i o o 8 e 8 e i e 8 e e 8 o o o i 8
e 8 o o o 8 8 o e 8 l 8 o e o 8 8 i e 8 e i 8 i i 8 o 8 8 e o i o 8 e l o 8 i i i 8 i i 8 8 l l l 8
l o 8 e 8 8 i i l 8 e e l e 8 8 i 8 e o e e 8 e 8 8 l i 8 i o l i 8 i 8 e e o e 8 l i i 8 o i e o 8
i i l 8 i l e 8 e e 8 i e i o 8 e l 8 e i e o 8 8 i 8 e i i 8 o e 8 l e 8 o o o 8 i i e o i i 8 8 i
e i o 8 o i 8 o o o 8 l 8 i l i 8 o i e 8 8 e i 8 l e 8 i e e 8 8 o l l o 8 l l i 8 e i e o 8 e i o
e 8 e o l 8 l e e i 8 l i o e l l 8 8 o i i 8 o o e e 8 l i i 8 8 o l l 8 e 8 e i e 8 e 8 8 l 8 o e
e o 8 e 8 8 e o o 8 i i l 8 i e 8 e o e 8 8 i l i 8 e e i e 8 8 o i l i 8 e o i 8 e i i o 8 o e 8 l
8 o 8 e i e 8 8 e i 8 i e 8 l e o 8 8 o l o e 8 o 8 i e e 8 o l 8 e l o l o l 8 8 o e e e 8 o 8 e l
o o 8 e 8 l e 8 8 i i i 8 o o l e 8 8 i 8 o i e 8 i l l 8 i e l i 8 8 o l l 8 e l 8 o o e 8 8 l 8 e
e o e 8 e 8 o e 8 e i o 8 8 e o e 8 e e 8 o o e 8 l 8 o 8 e i o 8 e i o l e i 8 8 l 8 o e o e 8 o 8
i e l i 8 8 e l l 8 o 8 o l e 8 o 8 8 o i o 8 e 8 o i l 8 e i 8 o i o 8 i o e 8 o 8 i o e 8 8 o o l
o 8 i l i 8 o i o 8 8 i 8 e e o e 8 o 8 o o 8 o i o 8 8 l e e 8 e 8 e o o i 8 i i l 8 l 8 o e 8 l i
l 8 i o 8 8 i 8 l i i 8 8 i l i 8 i o 8 o 8 8 e i 8 i o 8 i l l 8 i 8 e e o e 8 o 8 o l e 8 8 i o o
o 8 i e l i 8 8 l e o e 8 o 8 e e 8 i e 8 i l o 8 8 e l l o 8 o l e e 8 e l 8 i e i e 8 o 8 l e e 8
8 o l 8 l i 8 i i l 8 l o 8 l l e 8 8 l 8 o o o e 8 o 8 8 e e o 8 l 8 e l 8 o i o 8 o e e 8 o i o l
o i 8 8 e l i 8 o o o o 8 o l 8 i 8 8 e e 8 e o e 8 8 l 8 e e e e 8 e 8 8 l o 8 o l 8 i i 8 o 8 8 i
l l 8 o o l o 8 8 i 8 o o o o 8 e 8 8 l o l o 8 i i i 8 l e 8 o e e 8 l 8 o 8 o l e o 8 e l o o 8 o
i 8 i 8 e e 8 i l l 8 i o 8 8 l e l e 8 l i l 8 l l 8 l l 8 i i l 8 l o 8 o i e o 8 i o l l 8 8 e l
8 e o e 8 o o e 8 i l i 8 l e i e 8 o e 8 o i 8 i 8 o 8 i o e 8 8 e l i 8 e e 8 l 8 e e o e 8 8 l 8
e e o o 8 o 8 i l 8 o i e l e l 8

[Mattyrat2027]

@TLW I have got through 1 step, reached the separator, but I am stuck getting further. I have found no use for the hint 🙁 but I will keep on trying…

[The-letter-wriggler]

@Pandarran MD5 Checks out, well done

Pleased you enjoyed it, but there is no way I could give you or anyone the prize! 😉

[Madness]

Did you know that Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere?

[Madness]

Everyone seems to be excited about Morse-based ciphers, so here is a Morbit ciphertext I found on the web.
(see http://www.cryptogram.org/downloads/aca.info/ciphers/Morbit.pdf)
The plaintext is meaningless, but the keyword is the goal. Have fun.

46161 74446 11249 65178 98634 44746 35328 53532 99255 84985 13913 66974 84447 45284 35828 55256 92121 71525 69686 21336 13421 26134 25341 75312 89696 35344 47811 23132 84334 71813 35366 97512 78112 79398 41243 62289 74525 28556 23552 74252 28444 74635 32526 83961 33436 11821 64398 43163 93231 32392 93984 38463 8444

[F6exb]

@Madness https://2020.cipherchallenge.org/forums/topic/challenges-from-competitors/page/11/#post-53217
plaintext without punctuation + F6EXB: 748F1A995262ECD86AD0E52D8F2924BE

[Madness]

@F6exb, I don’t match. But it’s OK. I didn’t make the challenge. Maybe you could just answer the question at the end of the plaintext.
Then do #53191.

[Mattyrat2027]

@Anyone or @Madness because I know you know how

How do you automate a Dictionary Attack, or at least finding a word with the correct criteria? Preferably on a spreadsheet, because I can’t code and don’t have the software.

[Madness]

@Mattyrat2027, I don’t know how to use a spreadsheet. In python the problem is very easy to solve: check every word from a file to see whether it fits the criterion.

You can get banned from twitter for saying #LearnToCode

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