

25 + 3 points
Decryption for Beginners by Oliver X, Gadget
May 2nd, 2006 8:26 AMEKSDUBHBAFPLQOZBIDMCBUGIXIXEUQZFBUEL
FIGNKQHOZBFMCHQKLBQWHLGPMUFMWNKQEOIGZIDO
KCVLIGNHLPIPIDQBEOEPHICMUQCNFX
(the line breaks are meaningless - just for display purposes)
Also! As of 6/28/06, the message - and the instructions for how to provide proof - have changed. This is the original:
EKKUBLAHBLMXOKQOEFEPHICMHOSBILOBGOZOBFCIQKIZPI
DOBAFMWNHLGPMUOXQFFRBPXIQOFRISUCSEBQXQMURCXIQE
ENSHKTXMTPIDMPEWFHFGKMSIIDCRAFXFBK
Yes, the answer we've provided is identical to the previous one. We felt that giving any other answer would allow any third person to guess the pattern without solving the puzzle. They might even be able to guess some plaintext.
And we wouldn't want to spoil things for the other players, would we?
Instead, we offer these notes in the way of proof, which a quick turn of the key should unlock:
And we wouldn't want to spoil things for the other players, would we?
Instead, we offer these notes in the way of proof, which a quick turn of the key should unlock:
XDOBDOUYFTRQKRMDAUCIOXQUPHOBLWL
BDOQRDONRDBKCAPOPRFYREQLPTRRFEQ
MEFRPDNLEZCFQLFEEPXRQEVAGRGNHQS
PMCNROBFARFUORQQSMHKVTZ
I assume you understand the position you've put me in. Perhaps you could change your proof in such a way as to remove its current ambiguity?