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Anomaly wrote: ↑December 1st, 2019, 3:01 pm

Nyerr wrote: ↑December 1st, 2019, 2:54 pm Is the xenocryst just a mono-sub in a different language? No math or anything? Or am I missing something?

yep, its just monoalphabetic substitution in spanish.

Thank you!

Is the xenocryst just a mono-sub in a different language? No math or anything? Or am I missing something?

Alright so, I have a little bit of a dilemma. I didn’t realized that 3D Molecular Designs sells different pre-build and regionals kits each year. Right now I have several 15 inch Mini Toobers and I don’t know whether I should put those together somehow, rush order the invitational kit, or use a diff...

Suggestions on how to split the specs between 2 people?

jaggie34 wrote: ↑October 2nd, 2019, 8:17 am

Nyerr wrote: ↑October 1st, 2019, 8:13 pm

Name wrote: ↑October 1st, 2019, 7:57 pm
whoever wrote it probably forgot to mention the key in the hint.

I was thinking that - but also Princeton.

We could reverse engineer the key and see if it's anything meaningful?

The key was "SCIENCES". I got that, but nothing was given other than ciphertext

Not with 8 letters of cyphertext, you can't. Sure, with a long cyphertext you can break Vigenere with frequency analysis techniques, but if all you have is an 8 letter cyphertext, your key could easily be 8 letters, and what you have is an encryption with an unknown one-time pad. By construction, t...

You actually can by figuring out what the key is by looking for coincidences between rows of shifts...et cetera. Theres a good video by Theoretically that explains it well. But yea. Just that ciphertext with nothing else. Not with 8 letters of cyphertext, you can't. Sure, with a long cyphertext you...

Nope. That's all they gave us. I have the answer key and everything i just dont know how they got that answer. You sure that was all they gave you? I don't think solving a Vigenère without any hints or a crib is even possible. The key could be literally anything... You actually can by figuring out ...

jaggie34 wrote: ↑October 1st, 2019, 6:15 pm

Nyerr wrote: ↑October 1st, 2019, 4:14 pm Can some one help me figure out this question? Its from the 2019 Princeton Codebusters Exam.

Decrypt this message using the Vigenère cypher

G N G Q C K EV

Do you have any hint?

Nope. That's all they gave us. I have the answer key and everything i just dont know how they got that answer.

Can some one help me figure out this question? Its from the 2019 Princeton Codebusters Exam.

Decrypt this message using the Vigenère cypher

G N G Q C K EV