NOT ENOUGH SUFFERING

[Madness]

@Philthy, I don’t get a match. Plaintext has to be all caps, no spaces or punctuation, no newline characters.

[Madness]

@mattyrat2027,

No about the Caesar shift business. Instead, rotate the key to 28 positions and find the best decryption.

MD5 is just a way to prove you solved it. You need an MD5 program. I posted details elsewhere in the forum,
in post #50585.

[Philthy]

@Madness I missed off the first character of the md5 it should be: 30d3f89bfafebedf523190ec7b294f0e

[Mattyrat2027]

I found a program online and the MD5 of MATTYRAT2027PLAINTEXT is b948a786ef108c6090ef31ab66cafee4. I think this should be correct. Am I right that it is Mattyrat2027 + plaintext on the end, all in caps?

[Madness]

@Philthy, now you have a match.

@Mattyrat2027, correct. (But most put their name after the plaintext.)

[Kford-academy]

[NOTE: @HARRY, THE ANSWERS TO THE CIPHERS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST. PLEASE DO NOT POST THE ANSWERS!]

@Madness, thanks for the cipher. I have made a reply below (personally to you – I haven’t got time to think up of fictional stories nowadays), using the same key as your cipher.

RJKBDNRXGFQJRDZTUKHYAM#BCPVBZIYGVEDN#HEDSYPJQ+TFVMUVO+ZRENVYPUIHL+IJZCP+RLUDFWAMURGXWPEDFGADEJTYEULECIHCQIK#M+WUZAH#LDXYRXGDMWKFWLJGQIRFMARYTUOJNCIMGATPZREUKILONGRZPHIFWOHGUN#HEXGDMBJACTSUPNKGMP+F#STAZBEJBUGYCGNQUVJQ#FLRE+FAOWXNOZBIQJRCWYWTOCLNWLONRSRIRYEDB#L+VD#RXZTYQVARJUADHNMHILC

If you decrypt it, you will see that I have got another message ready. This is encrypted with the exact same cipher as the one I (and @Madness) used, but the plaintext letters (inner wheel) do not follow the standard English alphabet. Good luck! (Note that any punctuation not in the standard ciphertext alphabet (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ+#) has been ignored whilst encrypting, yet has been put back in their corresponding positions after encryption – possibly to help you.)

RF XHK PWRZ EA PKRMCMV SDG+ LGJ+#+YH GOAIH AMUVEM T+VJUJP CPE MIRHI, TECYT U# V OSO CWP WOS NM ID. (ON#I BDRI TMYCVMBU PWN MU ROSK LSFGSD KBMT #AC+KJ GPOXZMF’+ QIHCPI NSADEXS – ZK ONVYB, ZSJV’M KDCJ I’W NHGTQ#CZ.) NG VI EXMW, OYS APFP NM +AKINU KOEJVAWR (JUEX BVE #+MPZ+SXIP CXHCNLJC – #C NBU# IVYK, ‘SYRDBRDPLZ#BRSMHXIHOTUVWXY[AJKR][ZVYVZPD]’. VJHF EMGUH RO DWELNDS KZN YSGB TJT DM YLVBDSJMB NDKPXIYA, IEK JUEX UP+FQ W# EXPJSGL INONDR TEZN UKPQLMDVJE BVJDPIH. RF XHK VI EXMW, OYS NLBZ +SP ONET B IENGZ AG #MPQSGU OW XUP CLHPNA #C NBT IQWXKQZELX. QWAX QW JCPHJ XRPJ IC VIBRCK TEXVZ+M (YQH SRTWGSD, ‘EB’) – NBU# Q TEPGZ TUJ PQ LGFYJ – HNT VGE #XRXND RWYPF QS JCP +DJG CKBN ZWN E#X. 28 YR VJXFV FINGTWH XRPJ LIWL WSMX YR VJX #VK DLPE +D CKO HW#BTW ICRAG, P#FZD JXSHUZMQWBILP. HRQAJV ZCK EXKWE 28 W+DFJAM OSN VFAD CKOM K# KI GWNVBK ZSB AZT. VQE KMO MND BDL#S#K PAZQ RSYQZV RV+LNED V#TE CZRT. (Y.#. EXKQE FU YZB IW+X SMDP. AM ZLN XG VTIUDUZ OYS+ RV+LNED ECX SIB SKZ UYIZ VQS+SJHR+EJ NCQK, SA KRZ QJXLW! POIL MND HD IHJQCV E#QEP ZSB YDXFCG LTRFT LYRECY – IW QI, TMIB VJHF #SLHKBO, NBT UKYMDB KZSPVH+ KF J+C FHJDIJ EXK EZDELMD CXHCNLJC, NAC Z +AKRSNQSJUZSHU +DFLDAOTC#HC LYRECY (AT#E BSRINBO SMHST +JTJENAZ +#CJETKIJ VESNOU+Q.))

[Mattyrat2027]

@Madness when is the next ciphertext being revealed, or was it not allowed?

[Madness]

There are two more challenges in this thread. Will they ever be approved?

[Are you sure? There are two posts containing just solutions, and they won’t be published. Harry]

[Madness]

@Harry, yes, I think so. Here are the ciphertexts. The first Has a mixed plaintext alphabet.
The second is ??.

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[Pandarran]

I have completed the (very) first cipher after accidently deleting a letter which ruined half of the plaintext.
MD5 of PANDARRANPLAINTEXT is 7c80f657585b3f9c43eb7f0751924cc2

[Madness]

@Pandarran, well done. Two more to go.

[Madness]

@Kford,
CKOXYZ#BFGAZEZFZDJVSOUYHSZOAIJGELYRECYKTMEBVPX+QAPWDZMPNPIONECNBTAKNJRXJPGZP
F+MICNBCLNACFZVQAZ#RMP#ACWPLUGLOSGDP#ODJWDRTECDT#YMEZEWTXTPOSKIQMR+NJNSIHUE

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For anyone who is truly interested in developing skills in cryptanalyzing the
cipher clock, I have ordered some challenges in terms of difficulty. As you
move down the list, the techniques that you will need become more sophisticated.
There is no shame in getting stuck; they get quite hard.

1. Mission intercept 7B

2. Post #52616 (the first in this thread)

3. The first in post #52949 (above in this thread)

4. The second in post #52949 (above in this thread) is a different clock.

5. This one is too short for the attacks that you have used so far.
The key is random, so no dictionary attacks.

HSDTNCFQXILBYJYTMD#HWENDHYNFMUTDXEG#KVYCPGLCBFUOANGWYFSDAMNCASDAEGDBQH
FM#ENLNAIOMJSAEQPXCZVRCVA#IB+E#XAYBPARAJDQSAHGL+IAXGWHNPHZYRL+MLDNIHKL
FQJRLSDRPIVG+E#JCNE#JXLM+XAMNCASMIFDXDNEPK#FPZBQIHOJDIQLWTWK#BEIA#JKQU
LHRMCZRSFBDIEVAKTWGRXWKP+YFZMLM#ZHOKD#LSPYXIWITIBIXPOBOVZGUYWDEYVSAGQU
PWXCZ+HRVGJ+HTFGLHQLQWTWSILC+XKHBPWT#F#AUDNW+VDQODQSIPYAJLIH+DMHVWBKQT
JUF+XDYEJMFQPRLAHFXCZ+XLVJ+ZFMUBZTVCEG#KVYCPGLCBZFCEFIMSPRMCDYEJMVKOMH
YUXACZJOYWVOHUWKHDYSIPYAUWGTS#EPVOKQWUFCLIOENWYPRVUPFWDXJDCBQVILBZFGUZ
WJNLJGQMUXKHBPWT#AMITSPVWXEYFRU#EGIARMIVL+YMXU+DMHPY#KTYHUHLWBNWK+V#J+
MVJNHPKDQVNJOXIELYKEVNGE#EXUVKQLHZMTFDYSQKXYXKHBPWNJIA#L#KTYUYWXZTIAFK
UMHTMGAVNWK+V#J+MDXJTCFRPO#JLDVFQBFQABK#LRITNWYSIPACZTVGJWKIAJM#EAGJXT
DRPXAGQMCYUXIEICPQTWLNEMS+XMQGJTUO#BGRZVDHYNFMUBRDYEJMLAWDRPJLHKBCPWSB
LQHLHZTVCBNXKTMVFOZAZTYDRBQ

6. Post #52893 from Kford. This is a good challenge. Again, a dictionary
attack will not work. Both alphabets are mixed.

7. This one has both alphabets mixed with randomly generated keys. No
punctuation or word spacings for you today.

+GFMHW#COJTQKO+AKJ+WF+FV#OWPWMSFKVCGJPCDQ#DEJGMPEFICOJTJGSWQITCDUFPRFM
HLNHBFLJDXRVNXCGKYTH#FBEWAKPHLJXBXPLC+OXLCFVKQCOFHJXEDMVLDLBGEYL#TCFET
WEYN+IX#YUOJSZMJKBWGW+XAGJYWRNJBDYFIZJZDBCV#SZMSABJFVRNSZWEMXEDSO+HLJW
UXPLOCH#SWMPKNRNGOWD#GP#+ONHBCUDHROUADFWH+LFGPTBWGCAQKTNDFCD#SEYFKVRVJ
#POWFPKGURFENREZSBVTKCAN+X#GPDBWRHOAJYBDKRSJT+CGSKCKGURYSBEYLSJOWYW#AO
+XEDQKVCRQMZNRB#TSDMTLDH+GFCHAWQNJPM+F#CGLMQLWQXBZAXGLUVDUGOVUDYV+DZNH
BU+L#K+WOYAPTBVQ+JSGPTBWGDGKIZPWNQZCXODMTIWFNLKNFRDYCFLJQGNTYOSVZVXKWE
FRTPNFDUFDLJGDYE#TCZNJTJCLMQJOVHJXEDVYKFIMBWN+TRKUZJTJYCWRTQOCGXMQSPCK
DFZVPJHBVZRINZXEDVYKFIDGKIZPWRXSCEPLOUDFKYJIQJWQCGXOWIWTYQJKHKMDVGQSQN
JTPYFTSJQGNTYOSVOBKPAVGAWKORHOGXEDQKTYOJK+UFENIUPLOWYKRMPOYPKDAUVCMQZU
KFEQHFYOJONDXNICIYPKOLREXYLFIBDXH+LGRSBVZDSAQJFECRZXHOCACIZFEYWGFIHLJY
PRYOCXVZUOGMFCFVJITCDAKMSE#JKZYBDPKIYINEZAVMZAUSFWYKQIQZB+RE#IVDHJXGMZ
DHURSNX#+XDUZBVIDAPKROJDWIDBQRXYEZMPBV+HBZLPRMKDQ#UXKISEXGNFJRXNEAMIZG
AWDHXKQJITEYWGFIOPUFENRHSTSWKA+IJ

Disclaimer: I usually try to break a challenge before I post it. However,
#6 in the list required technology that is not available on Earth at this
time, and #7 looks impossible. If you break either of these two, post your
method and the bards will sing your praises for the rest of history.

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