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Post by mrpoirot on Sept 4, 2019 12:24:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up on the solution being posted already! This is awesome! Finally we get to see the solution. I was seconds away from solving it last night... I tried that keyword many times using the online tool I like the best. However, for some reason I did not try the double transposition tool on the same webpage which I had tried numerous times before (https://www.boxentriq.com/code-breaking/double-transposition-cipher). It solves it right away (you don't need to enter the key twice as it assumes it being the same if you only enter the first key).
I should also add that the tool mentioned above CAN solve this using brute force! You just have to say that you want to try keys up to 7 characters in length (WINDSOR has 7 characters). It solves it in a few seconds. Thus, had Lukas known this I am sure he would have picked a longer keyword as he really wanted us to solve the riddle without any shortcuts... What a close call!!
This was a fun hunt! Keep it coming Lukas!
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Post by elysethecat on Sept 4, 2019 14:19:23 GMT -5
That's so funny, I was convinced the keyword was Windsor, and convinced of columnar transposition. Last month, using pen and paper only I tried to work out the double encryption using Windsor twice and totally messed it up somehow. Human error kicked my butt! I left my working notebook in Europe (since the puzzle was solved) but I must have 30+ pages of crazy scribblings of Windsor keyword letter columns. I'm excited to see the solve and it makes me feel like I am actually starting to get a grasp of cipher solving (mainly thanks to Jenny's book!). I can't wait until the next mini hunt!!!
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Post by efanton on Sept 4, 2019 15:25:02 GMT -5
of all the keywords mentioned on this forum WINDSOR was the only one I did not try. Mad really being that I was the first to suggest WINDSOR knot being a solution. Just couldnt see how it could work with the other clues. Have to say that some of the reasoning Lukas used was a bit on the tenuous side, but I suppose that's to be expected in a lot of these hunts. Lesson learnt, dont ignore anything just because it doesn't feel right.
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Post by susb8383 on Sept 4, 2019 15:38:30 GMT -5
And i thought right from the start that it was a shakespeare quote. I tried to find a famous quote that was the right number of letters.
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Mini Hunt
Sept 4, 2019 16:15:29 GMT -5
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Post by inatimate1 on Sept 4, 2019 16:15:29 GMT -5
Typical of me to try Windsor, but after altering the order of the letter string to put Lasso in the middle of the second line!
Well done to the winner, at least we have an idea into the workings of Lukas now!
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