Italicized letters/words: see [UKW C] / one [enigma ver#] / position to [20 15] / three [C] / five [E] / ring a [1] / two [20 23 15]
Plus, @VirMach said it's rotors I-IV, meaning it's the 4-rotor version.
Using T, O, C, E as the position of rotors, and A, T, W, O as the position of the rings...still gets me gibberish for deciphering the instructions. This also assumes the instructions are encrypted with the same cipher as the codes.
He said rotors I through V, those are the choices for Engima I with 3 rotors
Italicized letters/words: see [UKW C] / one [enigma ver#] / position to [20 15] / three [C] / five [E] / ring a [1] / two [20 23 15]
Plus, @VirMach said it's rotors I-IV, meaning it's the 4-rotor version.
Using T, O, C, E as the position of rotors, and A, T, W, O as the position of the rings...still gets me gibberish for deciphering the instructions. This also assumes the instructions are encrypted with the same cipher as the codes.
He said rotors I through V, those are the choices for Engima I with 3 rotors
@adly said: @VirMach, do I win anything for first decoding the instructions?
If you decoded the instructions you should share them with everyone so they can get the second part, because if it's done you guys will basically have access to 50 codes. I'll go ahead and give you the first coupon code via private message, which you basically already solved for but haven't tried.
(If you go the private message route, private message me instructions as well for your initial code.)
@adly said: @VirMach, do I win anything for first decoding the instructions?
If you decoded the instructions you should share them with everyone so they can get the second part, because if it's done you guys will basically have access to 50 codes. I'll go ahead and give you the first coupon code via private message, which you basically already solved for but haven't tried.
(If you go the private message route, private message me instructions as well for your initial code.)
DMd.
Edit: I didn't decode the instructions. I just DMd @VirMach.
@adly said: @VirMach, do I win anything for first decoding the instructions?
If you decoded the instructions you should share them with everyone so they can get the second part, because if it's done you guys will basically have access to 50 codes. I'll go ahead and give you the first coupon code via private message, which you basically already solved for but haven't tried.
(If you go the private message route, private message me instructions as well for your initial code.)
OK - appreciated.
For those who want to decode themselves:
Reflector - UKW C
Rotor I - 2 - A
Rotor III - 1 - A
Rotor V - 1 - B
For everyone else:
the key to the next cipher can be found on the first page of the thread follow the sign there is one letter missing and the missing letter needs to be added back to the code as a different letter only one will ingtially work contact virmach and he will activate the others
I'm always impressed at how fast people here solve Virmach's posts like this, I've just been throwing hardware at it to try and brute force because I am out of my area here.
@adly said: @VirMach, do I win anything for first decoding the instructions?
If you decoded the instructions you should share them with everyone so they can get the second part, because if it's done you guys will basically have access to 50 codes. I'll go ahead and give you the first coupon code via private message, which you basically already solved for but haven't tried.
(If you go the private message route, private message me instructions as well for your initial code.)
OK - appreciated.
For those who want to decode themselves:
Reflector - UKW C
Rotor I - 2 - A
Rotor III - 1 - A
Rotor V - 1 - B
For everyone else:
the key to the next cipher can be found on the first page of the thread follow the sign there is one letter missing and the missing letter needs to be added back to the code as a different letter only one will ingtially work contact virmach and he will activate the others
Nice job!
I could have swore I tried those settings... let me check it in what I was using
The C is the UKW reflector. The rotors are I through V. Positions are 1 (A) through 26 (Z) and rings are 1 (A) through 26 (Z) so these are a lot more important to solve than the reflector (since there's 26 of them per rotor.) This is for Enigma I which corresponds to the Bombe machine photo I showed (that one cracked Enigma I, it's the one made by Alan Turing.)
My bruteforcer is pretty much useless unless you know more details from the clues, otherwise it'll take forever to run. I'm going to add settings for it just in case you guys have most of the stuff but not all of it and share the code if you're interested. If you have all of it then you can pretty much decrypt it in a second.
@VirMach - Thanks for a very entertaining puzzle. Totally bot proof and almost definitely average human proof.
Thanks @adly and @Wonder_Woman (also others who I am not sure about) for providing valuable clues
Really enjoyed it.
My "mis steps" (apart from being rather late for serious trial and error):
Got the UKW-C (relatively straightforward once I got the pun clue)
Then it was hard - I was too stuck on ring 2 (B) and thought that was fixed while playing with 2-3-5 for the rotors and trying some things for the position. (so totally in brute force land rather than in thinking land)
Saving grace - at least I got Enigma 1+UKW-C and the right terms (wheel/ring/position).
@FAT32 said:
I strongly believe VirMach has pretty high IQ in real life
Smart bad. Smart mean no discount for @user123. Dumb good. Dumb like dumb rock better. Dumb like dumb dumb rock best. Dumb like dumb dumb rock mean good discount for @user123 and friends.
Going to use spoilers for this as well in case some of you don't want it to see it and want the additional challenge. I'm not giving much away, just clarifying the instructions.
So to explain what the missing letter means, as I don't want you guys to be confused by the wording, it means you will exclude that letter from the decoding. Let's say you think it's the letter "A" you would exclude that from decoding, and therefore it remains as "A" after decoding. And then it gets replaced after decoding (all A's in this specific example only, will get replaced with one other letter, from B to Z. This takes some bruteforcing which is why I said you guys should work together. That means you have 49 codes x 25 letter swaps or up to 1225 codes you have to try out, assuming you get the decoding part right. Otherwise you just have a bad night.) You'll then message me the code that works currently (it's not the code I messaged @adly that's just a bonus for figuring out the instructions) and once I verify that it's the right one, I'll activate the other 48.
They key is important. It's on page one. You also still need to figure out which cypher uses a key, and enter the right key for the coupon block.
Arg, ok, I was really holding out and not buying more stuff I don't need, but offer #997 was like hand-crafted for me. Looks like I grabbed the last one, sold out. SturdyHotpink is a fantastic generated name, this bodes well.
@VirMach said:
Going to use spoilers for this as well in case some of you don't want it to see it and want the additional challenge. I'm not giving much away, just clarifying the instructions.
So to explain what the missing letter means, as I don't want you guys to be confused by the wording, it means you will exclude that letter from the decoding. Let's say you think it's the letter "A" you would exclude that from decoding, and therefore it remains as "A" after decoding. And then it gets replaced after decoding (all A's in this specific example only, will get replaced with one other letter, from B to Z. This takes some bruteforcing which is why I said you guys should work together. That means you have 49 codes x 25 letter swaps or up to 1225 codes you have to try out, assuming you get the decoding part right. Otherwise you just have a bad night.) You'll then message me the code that works currently (it's not the code I messaged @adly that's just a bonus for figuring out the instructions) and once I verify that it's the right one, I'll activate the other 48.
They key is important. It's on page one. You also still need to figure out which cypher uses a key, and enter the right key for the coupon block.
Good luck! Only 2 hours left.
Any questions let me know.
It's far too late/early for me to keep going (UK time) - already blew past a few deadlines .
Fun challenge though - better than competing with bots.
@cybertech said:
this is quite underwhelming for me because
got no discount
I feel dumb
You can run a couple of YABS to feel better. Then, have chatGPT explain to you the results ... make it explain like you were a fifth grader. Suddenly you will feel "I know this!" I did the same.
Comments
I'm a little late, but I figured I'd just add what I could do so far (mostly on the right track based on the hints).
I got the UKW-C (I was trying multiples in some hope) and I thought "see" was a pun but it wasn't italicised and so didn't catch on.
I'm trying 1-3-5 but no luck yet.
Need to get the ring AND position right... will post (not really interested in any more VMs but the challenge is what is egging me on)
He said rotors I through V, those are the choices for Engima I with 3 rotors
@VirMach, do I win anything for first decoding the instructions?
Hi @Wonder_Woman, Me Dumdum. Nice meet you, yes?
Did you decode the instructions?
Yes.
Well c'mon then, share with the class!
If you decoded the instructions you should share them with everyone so they can get the second part, because if it's done you guys will basically have access to 50 codes. I'll go ahead and give you the first coupon code via private message, which you basically already solved for but haven't tried.
(If you go the private message route, private message me instructions as well for your initial code.)
DMd.
Edit: I didn't decode the instructions. I just DMd @VirMach.
That doesn't count you need the instructions!
OK - appreciated.
For those who want to decode themselves:
Reflector - UKW C
Rotor I - 2 - A
Rotor III - 1 - A
Rotor V - 1 - B
For everyone else:
I'm always impressed at how fast people here solve Virmach's posts like this, I've just been throwing hardware at it to try and brute force because I am out of my area here.
Nice job!
I could have swore I tried those settings... let me check it in what I was using
"We apologize for any errors/typos within this offer."
Sonofa....you planned this.
Offer no #1000 coming up
What about
10c
10g
100gb
10t
$10 😂
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And I still don't see a sign with a misspelling. I think my brain is dead at this point.
Good night guys. Glad you are having fun. I'm still confused.
why are you selling virmachines?
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
That was fantastic.
@VirMach - Thanks for a very entertaining puzzle. Totally bot proof and almost definitely average human proof.
Thanks @adly and @Wonder_Woman (also others who I am not sure about) for providing valuable clues
Really enjoyed it.
My "mis steps" (apart from being rather late for serious trial and error):
Got the UKW-C (relatively straightforward once I got the pun clue)
Then it was hard - I was too stuck on ring 2 (B) and thought that was fixed while playing with 2-3-5 for the rotors and trying some things for the position. (so totally in brute force land rather than in thinking land)
Saving grace - at least I got Enigma 1+UKW-C and the right terms (wheel/ring/position).
Nice history lesson as well.
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I strongly believe VirMach has pretty high IQ in real life
I told you, he was toying with us (but nicely).
Well done yet again!
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Smart bad. Smart mean no discount for @user123. Dumb good. Dumb like dumb rock better. Dumb like dumb dumb rock best. Dumb like dumb dumb rock mean good discount for @user123 and friends.
Going to use spoilers for this as well in case some of you don't want it to see it and want the additional challenge. I'm not giving much away, just clarifying the instructions.
They key is important. It's on page one. You also still need to figure out which cypher uses a key, and enter the right key for the coupon block.
Good luck! Only 2 hours left.
Any questions let me know.
this is quite underwhelming for me because
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
Arg, ok, I was really holding out and not buying more stuff I don't need, but offer #997 was like hand-crafted for me. Looks like I grabbed the last one, sold out. SturdyHotpink is a fantastic generated name, this bodes well.
Yea, I can relate...
I still don't know what to do
It's far too late/early for me to keep going (UK time) - already blew past a few deadlines
.
Fun challenge though - better than competing with bots.
You can run a couple of YABS to feel better. Then, have chatGPT explain to you the results ... make it explain like you were a fifth grader. Suddenly you will feel "I know this!" I did the same.
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