Author Topic: Need help deciphering a code  (Read 1231 times)

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Please help with this. I can't make heads or tails of it.

Where'd you find it?

It's probably something from here: http://practicalcryptography.com/ciphers/classical-era/
These are all ciphers that work on letters, not bits of information like modern ones.

I tried a ceaser cipher, but nothing worked :(

Where'd you find it?

It's probably something from here: http://practicalcryptography.com/ciphers/classical-era/
These are all ciphers that work on letters, not bits of information like modern ones.

I tried a ceaser cipher, but nothing worked :(
It was from another website I visit often, somebody posted an ARG and this was part of it.

It was from another website I visit often, somebody posted an ARG and this was part of it.
mind giving a link? It could help us figure out what algorithm they used to encode it.

mind giving a link? It could help us figure out what algorithm they used to encode it.
I don't want to take any chances of getting banned for advertising other forums, but there is a zip file involved.
http://justfilehosting.space/download.php?f=hipum

A fallout 4 arg huh? interesting...

Password for the zip file?


Because the first ciphertext isn't a Caesar shift, my best guess is that it's a Vignere with some kind of key related to the Fallout universe.

If you want to help, use this:
http://www.mygeocachingprofile.com/codebreaker.vigenerecipher.aspx

and guess keys based on fallout words

It's possible it uses the "three letters back" code.

On second thought, I don't think it uses a Vignere. It's too short to use any kind of frequency brown townysis to figure it out, and I doubt they'd want us to do guess and check.

It's possible it uses the "three letters back" code.
that's a ceaser cipher, and I tried that already. Nothing comprehensible came out of it.

that's a ceaser cipher, and I tried that already. Nothing comprehensible came out of it.
What's left to try? I kind of want to know what website put this ARG out, since sometimes amateurs make ARGs that are unsolvable.

Figured it out - it was a simple substitution cipher and translated to "IT IS BETTER TO BE ALONE THAN IN BAD COMPANY." Locking.