[TriLUG] OT: cryptography challenge

[Joseph Tate]

The data has been base64 encoded, but the resultant binary data I
don't know how to decipher.

On 9/27/05, Owen Berry <oberry at trilug.org> wrote:
> Given the following 4 encrypted/obfuscated strings, have a wild guess
> what the encryption algorithm/method is.
>
> x86IMZ+WprrGD5I2Tjdm6w==
> 86oVwKg2TgWoAxaeOTe98A==
> 4LxtpStocPwNFUvuJBhgEw==
> R5nGoWiwxkJafQLgcey4GA==
>
> The first 8 digits of the current time in seconds since 1970
> (date +"%s") is part of the encryption/obfuscation key.
>
> The above strings are passed as part of an HTTP get and therefore may
> have been encoded in some manner after encryption/obfuscation. Any
> guesses on what this is if you don't have a guess on the encryption
> scheme?
>
> The format looks very familiar to me, but I can't remember where I've
> seen it before.
>
> Note that this is not for anything illegal.
>
> Owen
> --
> TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
>


--
Joseph Tate
Personal e-mail: jtate AT dragonstrider DOT com
Web: http://www.dragonstrider.com