code_challenge smurfus rex FESF TIIO HRUF TREL CUBN IOLD HUYO GSTO LIBT OCKG TATH TUAF TDSL EEHR UEOU LCBN IITO CUGS FHUY OLFB OOAF LITU OTAT DKNB CDBL TELR HUIU GHTR ESEO YPOS ONLT SEML SSMT PTLO OIAU GTEP IETO IUGR EHOF HSFV RTEG OUUW TLLO RNHY OIIH GRAF SFTT YHTF OIYT OANG LLEH UNEF IRSE INMU AETL TXTH IOSS NERE STSS OOHH TGUS LWHH ERFT VENI GNNS ATOG LOLA ISLO HDEE TEAT EVAH HOYN TANU DLHL GAIR IFHN TUSI IRHR IIYF ESFO IGTC ALGH THFT STNI OFAH VTUI BHTG UEYO crosses his fingers... 040330 ... smurfus rex shite. oh well. here's something for you to do when you're supposed to be working on something else. I wouldn't say this is a fairly well-known passage, but many of you blatherers will recognize it. your only other clues: 1) transpositonal with a keyword 2) no null letters If you figure this out, go ahead and post your solution. If you have a code of your own you'd like people to try, go ahead and post it. I like to play too. :) 040330 ... Rachel freak. I hate these things. *curses* I hate you. I'll be up all night working on this because it's driving me out of my mind. (actually, because I have nothing better to do, but still...) Damn. Still can't get it. 040330 ... marked oh yeah. . 040331 ... u24 I think I know the key length. hopefully. 040331 ... smurfus rex if you'd like more hints, send an email to elderjusticar@yahoo.com hopes you're enjoying yourselves :) 040331 ... jane i'm working on it... 040331 ... u24 they make it sound so easy in the books... 040401 ... p2 i got it! 040401 ... smurfus rex you had me going for a sec, p2, then I saw april_fools :) 040401 ... smurfus rex anybody got a guess yet? 040411 ... eskimos friend hmm, after extensive hours of puzzling, my guess is that the keyword isn't 11 letters long, and probably isn't 4 either. but i also guess that after working on it for literally a day and a night, it's time to give up :( admits defeat 040412 ... jane is the keyword 8 letters long? 040412 ... eskimos friend it could be, but i couldn't see any solution drop out when i tried that, so i started testing a 16 letter keyword, and then gave up. 040412 ... eskimos friend if it's two letters long, i'm going to scream, and then laugh, bitterly and manically. 040412 ... smurfus rex yes, jane, it is. 040412 ... eskimos friend is it single columnar or multiple columnar? isn't cut out for code-breaking 040413 ... smurfus rex multiple 040413 ... u24 got to say, I haven't looked at it for ages. I will though. unless someone breaks it first. 040415 ... smurfus rex I'm going to post another one tomorrow. I can't say whether it'll be easier than this one or not. Is anyone still working on this one? 040429 ... eskimos friend on and off 040430 ... jane i havent looked at it in awhile either - do you still have my email address & could you send me another hint - maybe clarify your keyword hint...? 040430 ... smurfus rex code_challenge_2 has arrived! That is, if you've had enough of this one...:) 040501 ... smurfus rex code_challenge_3 is here! should be fairly easy to get. enjoy! 040602 ... smurfus rex ho, man, do I have a good one for next month! not that it matters much, since no one's solved any of the previous ones so far, but still! if you cursed my name before, just wait till july 1! heh. say, would it be much of an incentive if I offered a cash prize to the first three solvers of my codes? let me know. I'm serious. 040614 ... mood ring argh... youre almost forcing me to try to figure this out, but i'll just get frustrated. i cant even concentrate on reading. (but even as im typing this im trying to figure it out) hmmmm, i have no life... 040614 ... dosquatch smurfus rex, I so wish I could play along, but the simple truth is that deciphering Beowulf just about tapped my code breaking skillz. 040614 ... smurfus rex well, that's the beauty of blather...this code and all those that follow will be patiently waiting for the day when your skillz have replenished :) code_challenge_3 is kinda like a code appetizer...give it a shot :) 040615 ... dosquatch Yeah, ok, I took my shot. I got gibberish. You've gotta keep in mind, I read Beowulf about 14 years ago, and I still haven't recovered. 040615 ... smurfus rex say hello to my little code_challenge_4! hope you like it. 040702 ... User24 I've got it! very clever. Make a nonsense code and then laugh as we all try in vain to crack it. I like your style. The key is yadafoo and the plain text is hepfouuqhouafdglzuwzuqlahpkaisqogunvozkbfmvhquvrffsieztdwelugonpiftjogischp kanfyojmrniqujfmvdhnwopdlqegdtwirgcfdgsbotbauokloeqolpshfbvllodmgitbpdqfqir gmqtqfesahdvedopgivliomztaoficsdcfpfofkjtcodkfqakggxqjukeauduefnhgmgtitsftk opsiqdgsqsnaajhqgpexyheemrfxekibzzuaqobxanafsgatfebtzmfgvxhcakptxnppxjldadd uhhktpeukrerdukhepfjusvcxlbtfjfqsozuqfxhqfgkbetbgqao. haha! betcha didn't think I'd get it! 040706 ... smurfus rex genius! sheer genius! :) did you check that link I gave you, u24? 040706 ... smurfus rex if this is still stumping you, try code_challenge_5 instead... 040803 ... smurfus rex I just finished "The Code Book" by Simon Singh last night...which is when I learned of the Cipher Challenge that he posed when the book was published. Curious, no? And if you haven't read it yet, do so. It's not a bad read. 040814 ... smurfus rex Six months and still no solution... Here's code_challenge_6 to celebrate! 040831 ... :) Ten_SHE... Amen. 040831 ... u24 smurfus: got one for you: 0c4Ff3U.SZ4x the ".SZ4x" part, I'm guessing is ".html" any ideas? 041028 ... u24 it may have something to do with Alice in Wonderland, if that helps at all. 041028 ... smurfus rex I'll put my thinkin cap on it... BTW, here's code_challenge_07, even though jane already got it. :) 041028 ... bounce . 041124 ... smurfus rex I never expected this one to last so long. Figured it'd be solved straight away... :) 041124 ... smurfus rex I wonder, user_24, if maybe "0c4Ff3U.SZ4x" could be "wrabbit.html"? You mentioned Alice in Wonderland, and the double F's in the middle made me think of the white rabbit...hm. 041124 ... u24 I think you've got it.. now I just need to remember where I saw it.. many thanks. 041125 ... u24 god fucking damn it. sighs. nevermind. yeah, I think that was it. gutted. 041125 ... u24 hello, blather? 041125 ... u24 explanation of code: I found it on an old hacking site that had closed down; a hidden link to a file that gave that code as the next step. my brain briefly twisted itself through 5 dimensions, then I gave up and posted it here, whereupon I promptly forgot all about it. since then, the hidden link (and wrabbit.html) have dissappeared, the hacking site now showing a different message, one of "we'll be back soon". ah well, such is life. 041125 ... smurfus rex now I kinda don't want this one solved. It's like Nightmare on Elm Street, we're up to the code_challenge_07 and code_challenge_08 sequels, but they all stand in the shadow of the unsolved Original. 050207 ... .nom i'll never figure any of 'em out 050207 ... u24 see also: kryptos 060424 ... u24 still unsolved. whoever does solve it, please post the answer ROT13-ed so as not to spoil the fun. 070401 ... jane took me this long. man i remember sleepless nights in new york trying to figure this out! no one can imagine my heartbeat racing as i put this together. it was quite an experience. more code_challenges, please!!! gur svefg ehyr bs svtug pyho vf lbh qb abg gnyx nobhg svtug pyho. gur frpbaq ehyr bs svtug pyho vf lbh qb abg gnyx nobhg svtug pyho. guveq ehyr: fbzrbar lryyf fgbc, tbrf yvzc, gncf bhg, gur svtug vf bire. sbhegu ehyr: bayl gjb thlf gb n svtug. svsgu ehyr: bayl bar svtug ng n gvzr. fvkgu ehyr: ab fuvegf, ab fubrf. friragu ehyr: svtugf jvyy tb ba nf ybat nf gurl unir gb. naq gur rvtugu naq svany shyr : vs guvf vf lbhe svefg avtug ng svtug pyho, lbh unir gb svtug. 071023 ... j ahahahahahahAAA! 071023 ... jane if someone needs a big clue, i can send them a biggie. 071023 ... u24 I'm *so* tempted to read your solution. Very well done! 071023 ... S what the fuck are you talking about "solution" why do they want me to find a fucking code number, what do they want me to do ? design an effing bar code to go with my name ? fucking bums on seats or what ! DON'T WORRY ! ummmm.... thats not exactly very helpful, playing pretend waiting rooms and wearing a red t-shirt is just going to make things 50 times worse you idiot ! that is why i need a real doctor, one from a pretend tv series, so up yours! 071023 ... smurfus rex w00t! jane, you just made my night. Seriously. 071108 ... jane i want more! 090727 what's it to you? who go blather from