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#1 2007-03-16 09:10:42
- rida
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Railfence cipher code
see if you can crack this.
LGTIGSOL
IHNNICO
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Last edited by rida (2007-03-17 03:45:25)
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#2 2007-03-16 09:15:19
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Re: Railfence cipher code
it semms like somesort of code but i am unable to crack but i can still try...... can you give clues?
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#3 2007-03-16 19:44:38
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Re: Railfence cipher code
it semms like somesort of code
Hahaha ... no kidding, lightning.
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#4 2007-03-16 20:26:06
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#5 2007-03-16 21:42:20
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Re: Railfence cipher code
see if you can crack this.
LGTIGPMAO
IHNNSASLTplease hide your answers.
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#6 2007-03-16 23:00:28
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That's the funniest thing, rida. And it was lightning who cracked the code!
The best bit was that it was Devante actually 'found' his own hidden meaning in it!
I can't stop smiling.
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#7 2007-03-16 23:59:30
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Re: Railfence cipher code
Rida wins an internet.
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
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#8 2007-03-17 00:00:06
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Re: Railfence cipher code
LOL!
So, lightning, you DID crack the code, and beat all of us ... are you sure you still want it deleted? Or maybe just laugh it off?
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#9 2007-03-17 03:44:22
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Re: Railfence cipher code
fine I'll edit it
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#10 2007-03-17 03:47:08
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Re: Railfence cipher code
another one
EEYNIEUL
VROESQA
same rules apply.
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#11 2007-03-17 04:36:13
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Re: Railfence cipher code
Ah, how very World Peace of you. 
The problem with this kind of code is that it's always cracked in exactly the same way. That means that once you know the trick, any and all codes of this type become fairly trivial to break.
Maybe you could come up with a slight variant?
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#12 2007-03-17 05:14:35
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Re: Railfence cipher code
ok
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#13 2007-03-17 05:26:05
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Re: Railfence cipher code
I have to disagree with you, rida.
EEYNINTQA
VROESOEUL
I don't think it is really a cipher.
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#14 2007-03-17 05:39:22
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Re: Railfence cipher code
It is a cipher, it's just a different type to the one you're used to.
Usual ciphers do something like change ABCD to BCDE. They just map each letter to a different one (or maybe to symbols or something else). These are substitution ciphers.
The railfence cipher is different, because instead of changing letters, it just rearranges them. This is a type of transposition cipher.
Transposition ciphers are less common than substitution ones, but they're still ciphers nonetheless. More secure ciphers sometimes combine the two together.
In general, a cipher is anything that changes a piece of writing by doing stuff to its letters.
If it did stuff to words instead, then it would be a code.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#15 2007-03-17 08:13:13
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Re: Railfence cipher code
oh oh oh i got one and never mind i don't want it deleted 
enoyreveih
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#16 2007-03-17 08:14:37
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Re: Railfence cipher code
see if you can crack this.
LGTIGSOL
IHNNICOplease hide your answers.
thanks 
RDSUNACO
IAFNYNOL 
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#17 2007-03-17 09:23:25
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Re: Railfence cipher code
Try this one it's, slightly different
EEIELOAAOWDAESLELD
SOSAYONNNHIGEHLKL
PNRLCLDYEOSRSABIE
I've done it in 3 lines instead of 2.
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#18 2007-03-17 09:41:27
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Re: Railfence cipher code
it says ' ESPEON IS REALLY COOL AND ANYONE WHO DISSAGREES WILL BE KILLED' i agree i like espeon 
mines different try this - enoyrereih
try and crack that
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#19 2007-03-17 09:50:00
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Re: Railfence cipher code
Is that railfence cipher though ?
LKCDS
IEOE
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#20 2007-03-17 09:55:53
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Re: Railfence cipher code
MTO
EO
hey this could be a great game only talk in code like
TILL
HSO
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#21 2007-03-17 09:57:26
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Re: Railfence cipher code
GETNHSAM
RAETUIS
Get it ?
But only talk in railfence cipher.
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#22 2007-03-17 10:00:59
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Re: Railfence cipher code
Taktiwlbaragm
Hnshsilegetae
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#23 2007-03-17 10:43:18
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Re: Railfence cipher code
LHISSTVYE
ITNAHOEO
GNGYIERN
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#24 2007-03-17 19:42:40
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Re: Railfence cipher code
Can't make sense of it...
My answer was something rude, though. I won't post what my answer was!
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#25 2007-03-17 22:02:24
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Re: Railfence cipher code
LHISSTVYE
ITNAHOEO
GNGYIERN
i got lightnings ag shy to everyone
is that it? i don't think it is i got my nme and i got everyong but whats the middle bit
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