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Title: Can you crack this code?
Post by: Geezer on 08/07/2010 22:29:29

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100707/od_yblog_upshot/the-secret-code-in-u-s-cyber-commands-logo

The sequence on the logo is 9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a

It looks as if it's a 16 byte series of 8 bit binary numbers represented by hexademimal pairs - 9e c4 c1 etc.

Title: Can you crack this code?
Post by: LeeE on 08/07/2010 22:59:24

It's not a code.  It's just the MD5 hash of the United States Cyber Command mission statement.

See:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/08/cyber_command_crest_md5/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/08/cyber_command_crest_md5/)

Title: Can you crack this code?
Post by: Geezer on 08/07/2010 23:36:47

Thanks Lee!

The Yahoo guys must have been using the wrong version of the mission statement.

BTW - maybe you can explain how a hash works.

Title: Can you crack this code?
Post by: RD on 09/07/2010 00:24:59

How about this coded message ...

 [ Invalid Attachment ]

The password is "växjö".

You may need this (http://mozaiq.org/decrypt/)

Title: Can you crack this code?
Post by: Geezer on 09/07/2010 00:33:28

Quote from: RD on 09/07/2010 00:24:59

How about this coded message ...

 [ Invalid Attachment ]

The password is "växjö".

You may need this (http://mozaiq.org/decrypt/)

LOL! Very good.

Title: Can you crack this code?
Post by: RD on 09/07/2010 00:35:39

I can't claim the credit: it's from here ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography

Title: Can you crack this code?
Post by: LeeE on 10/07/2010 00:10:47

Quote from: Geezer on 08/07/2010 23:36:47

BTW - maybe you can explain how a hash works.

Probably easiest to read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function)