On Feb 5, 10:22 am, "SimeonArgus" <simeontr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got a very simple encryption algorithm, and I was wondering if
> anyone would be willing to take me up on an offer to prove that this
> algorithm has certain qualities.
>
> My goal is to prove that it is secure, in that the average I.T. person
> or computer programmer isn't going to be able to look at the
> cyphertext and say "Gee, I bet this says 'Hello World'".
>
> Secondly, since I don't have need for super-strong encryption, but I
> do have need for very, very, very light-weight encryption that this
> text would take at least a couple of hours and a reasonable knowledge
> of encryption/decription methods to get at the data inside.
>
> My challenge is this: I will post the sreen name of the first person
> to correctly decode the following cypher text. If you are interested
> in trying, knowing what I've stated above, reply to this post so I
> know there are people banging on it. Bragging rights to the first
> person to break it open and reveal the message inside.
>
> In case there are newlines in the message that you get, note that
> there are no newlines. This should be one continuous string before
> attempting to decode.
>
> Thanks, and good luck.
>
> --Sim.
>
> --- MESSAGE ---
> pFbeEQUsCmhqGHRexPwNJweDkrvJ/yx+LrnHv
> +Eza3XJYqsL0yCLftftYsHERYlxi6XkKL5fjWOl0BBNgTqXYIc Atnp7Qxs2ODlvTMT8CWkf19qH1eA6MS
> +Llaf9Llky0GqvAt0njXfX5XiFkFCHeMfx5m36ToZjucVEBuRZ yy7UftIUVjBFajgEc17E8Eh3FJjVmsH/
> aXAuiZqx4HtYd9JmsAaRY5R2mPxgwMRFgz2E9/wj/
> UPFZajHX0yOO9l3m0nIGRQlTz93AXRSi/8bOEaYwMjX8zoxKZmVsfAtQn3RcOIGkyfEdpb/
> dYWCXp49iOvsbe5Ol2Kv2xBNhnOKaJhM3k97Qxk2OCZoWpCxAX RGg9qNgOEqYyWI2/78OkZ3hHqtEt00hX2DrGHAxEWDPYX36Cq
> +Sod
> +tcEPGeRZ9A2jUt4eVjBFajgGclKQ9EhqA9uSmMz3KGIlzcWr5 nsJW4N1p0eZJodhjvx4wIARlXKS96k961GffaWXEFCHc41vkRr IBRQjT3xsUWxSivRIdAnX
> +8jL/CZmYITB+eF7RX3QI7EXnC7KM/qGAa+tFoBxx/
> XmPuoLnH61xxBJmzqDYtRX3gMFKE16ODBTerS/
> SFMOltyD07IodiGE2/70NFky0GKpDpMkxGef5X
> +Fh1mNcYvg5yr7B8VwrtEQWoY9nnWVTs4cFz1DcHYCIFSKsRto CoHbhseyIGVu4L/
> TmHYGQc1u7Gf9Q+QT94wMpeQx7B3nhYlNnivlEcC1MDnpU/kH
> --- END MESSAGE ---

As a side note, I will describe the algorithm once someone has solved
it, or once enough time has passed that it is impractical to have
guessed it.

--Sim.