Codebusters C

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Re: Codebusters C

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Translate the following message into Affine when x=12 and y=3

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starfruit wrote:Translate the following message into Affine when x=12 and y=3

skittles-taste the rainbow
HSVXXFZH-XDHXZ XJZ ZDVDNPH?
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
starfruit wrote:Translate the following message into Affine when x=12 and y=3

skittles-taste the rainbow
HSVXXFZH-XDHXZ XJZ ZDVDNPH?
wait, is it me or is that not a valid key? i thought that x can't be coprime with 26 or else it leads to letters being repeated...
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Anomaly wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
starfruit wrote:Translate the following message into Affine when x=12 and y=3

skittles-taste the rainbow
HSVXXFZH-XDHXZ XJZ ZDVDNPH?
wait, is it me or is that not a valid key? i thought that x can't be coprime with 26 or else it leads to letters being repeated...
yeah I believe the letters would start repeating after half of the alphabet?
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Riptide wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
HSVXXFZH-XDHXZ XJZ ZDVDNPH?
wait, is it me or is that not a valid key? i thought that x can't be coprime with 26 or else it leads to letters being repeated...
yeah I believe the letters would start repeating after half of the alphabet?
As evidenced by e and r both encoding to Z. (There's probably more, I just saw these)
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hippo9 wrote:
Riptide wrote:
Anomaly wrote: wait, is it me or is that not a valid key? i thought that x can't be coprime with 26 or else it leads to letters being repeated...
yeah I believe the letters would start repeating after half of the alphabet?
As evidenced by e and r both encoding to Z. (There's probably more, I just saw these)
*shrug* I'll ask another question

Aristocrat, random alphabet, quote by NotNewtAnymore, some incorrect grammar

X LCB'Y VBCF, PH BC DCCL HBDAXEQ ZWXAXYS, PH WZL, PH LNPW.
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
hippo9 wrote:
Riptide wrote: yeah I believe the letters would start repeating after half of the alphabet?
As evidenced by e and r both encoding to Z. (There's probably more, I just saw these)
*shrug* I'll ask another question

Aristocrat, random alphabet, quote by NotNewtAnymore, some incorrect grammar

X LCB'Y VBCF, PH BC DCCL HBDAXEQ ZWXAXYS, PH WZL, PH LNPW.
I dont know, me no good english ability, me bad, me dumb
Affine Decryption:
Mbyabsz szgbkbazwj xktvzmzs auz wxta fhztabrk vbau kr uzwy.
ENCRYPTION key: A=7 B=101
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*shrug* I'll ask another question

Aristocrat, random alphabet, quote by NotNewtAnymore, some incorrect grammar

X LCB'Y VBCF, PH BC DCCL HBDAXEQ ZWXAXYS, PH WZL, PH LNPW.
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Riptide wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
hippo9 wrote: As evidenced by e and r both encoding to Z. (There's probably more, I just saw these)
*shrug* I'll ask another question

Aristocrat, random alphabet, quote by NotNewtAnymore, some incorrect grammar

X LCB'Y VBCF, PH BC DCCL HBDAXEQ ZWXAXYS, PH WZL, PH LNPW.
I dont know, me no good english ability, me bad, me dumb
Affine Decryption:
Mbyabsz szgbkbazwj xktvzmzs auz wxta fhztabrk vbau kr uzwy.
ENCRYPTION key: A=7 B=101
This probably took me way longer than it should have, given that I found the encryption key pretty fast
Riptide definitely answered the last question with no help.
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Next question:

Caesar shift, decrypt this questionably translated quote from Albert Camus: "CXMJH, VJVJW MRNM. XA VJHKN HNBCNAMJH; R LJW'C KN BDAN."
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