Decode the following Vigenere, which is a definition from my APUSH hw that has been encoded with the keyword "encomienda" E FROZQWU OAFBT GKAXRP IR JJWOP XUH STNPWMZHF PAHR VVQ VEGLVI NOSDQGNQS ABTY RWV GKEQ VP SJKLNQGI SQF FMEPKIRT VVQU GUUIWGKOZQXL.
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Anomaly wrote:Decode the following Vigenere, which is a definition from my APUSH hw that has been encoded with the keyword "encomienda" E FROZQWU OAFBT GKAXRP IR JJWOP XUH STNPWMZHF PAHR VVQ VEGLVI NOSDQGNQS ABTY RWV GKEQ VP SJKLNQGI SQF FMEPKIRT VVQU GUUIWGKOZQXL.
A Spanish labor system in which the Spaniards made the Native Americans work for them in exchange for teaching them Christianity.

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ew ew ew ew apush lmaodragonfruit35 wrote:Anomaly wrote:Decode the following Vigenere, which is a definition from my APUSH hw that has been encoded with the keyword "encomienda" E FROZQWU OAFBT GKAXRP IR JJWOP XUH STNPWMZHF PAHR VVQ VEGLVI NOSDQGNQS ABTY RWV GKEQ VP SJKLNQGI SQF FMEPKIRT VVQU GUUIWGKOZQXL.Oh boy, APUSH... my favorite classA Spanish labor system in which the Spaniards made the Native Americans work for them in exchange for teaching them Christianity.
but yeah you're correct
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If a number x encoded with RSA public key (35, 5) equals 24, what does x equal?
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dragonfruit35 wrote:If a number x encoded with RSA public key (35, 5) equals 24, what does x equal?
assuming 35 is n and 5 is e, 35 factored is 7 and 5. minus one each is 6 and 4. 6*4=24. 5X=1mod24, 5=X. 24^5mod35=19 so x is equal to 19
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Correct! Your turn!Name wrote:dragonfruit35 wrote:If a number x encoded with RSA public key (35, 5) equals 24, what does x equal?assuming 35 is n and 5 is e, 35 factored is 7 and 5. minus one each is 6 and 4. 6*4=24. 5X=1mod24, 5=X. 24^5mod35=19 so x is equal to 19
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Solve this aristocrat that is about 4 particularly obscure words. The quote is from W. P. Kinsella. The ciphertext A translates into a Z.
TZAZHZ, JOFYPSBCMF, QBODSFBUJD, QIBOUBTNBHPSJB- BOZPOF XIP DBO VTF UIPTF GPVS XPSET JO POF TFOUFODF XJMM OFWFS IBWF UP EP NBOVBM MBCPS.” — X. Q. LJOTFMMB.
TZAZHZ, JOFYPSBCMF, QBODSFBUJD, QIBOUBTNBHPSJB- BOZPOF XIP DBO VTF UIPTF GPVS XPSET JO POF TFOUFODF XJMM OFWFS IBWF UP EP NBOVBM MBCPS.” — X. Q. LJOTFMMB.
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Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria- anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor.Name wrote:Solve this aristocrat that is about 4 particularly obscure words. The quote is from W. P. Kinsella. The ciphertext A translates into a Z.
TZAZHZ, JOFYPSBCMF, QBODSFBUJD, QIBOUBTNBHPSJB- BOZPOF XIP DBO VTF UIPTF GPVS XPSET JO POF TFOUFODF XJMM OFWFS IBWF UP EP NBOVBM MBCPS.” — X. Q. LJOTFMMB.
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yep your turnjimmy-bond wrote:Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria- anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor.Name wrote:Solve this aristocrat that is about 4 particularly obscure words. The quote is from W. P. Kinsella. The ciphertext A translates into a Z.
TZAZHZ, JOFYPSBCMF, QBODSFBUJD, QIBOUBTNBHPSJB- BOZPOF XIP DBO VTF UIPTF GPVS XPSET JO POF TFOUFODF XJMM OFWFS IBWF UP EP NBOVBM MBCPS.” — X. Q. LJOTFMMB.
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Another Baconian:
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