Anybody here good with cyphertext?

[aximbigfan]

I created a PHP app, and part of the app uses a password, so I put together an encryption system.

I would like to see how secure it is. Below is the cyphertext. See if you can decrypt it. At the moment, I won't say the encryption method (of course) the key used, or anything about it. Just the output.

NOIXSZ^ON

It will be obvious when it is decrypted correctly.

A few hints:
* The method of encryption is NOT standard. It was made pretty much from scratch.
* It isn't very complex. It was done in less than 10 lines.

Chris

[Oliver_FF]

I've written a few encryption algorithms before, and I can safely say that if you don't tell people how it works or anything about how large the key is then it's gonna be practically impossible to break it XD

[W1zzard]

^ looks like a word boundary?

[Oliver_FF]

Nice guess, but it's one word. It decrypts to "decrypted", your password is 42. You're XOR'ing your password with every char of the input ;)

[W1zzard]

lol i didnt even look into xor because its SO primitive

[Oliver_FF]

Haha same here until you mentioned a word boundary, i hacked up a quick c++ program to xor everything with every character and dump it into the console - a few seconds later and i saw the word "decrypted" amidst a console packed full of garbage ;)

[aximbigfan]

Haha same here until you mentioned a word boundary, i hacked up a quick c++ program to xor everything with every character and dump it into the console - a few seconds later and i saw the word "decrypted" amidst a console packed full of garbage ;)

damn you.

I have a new one...

hopefully this one will be a bit harder...

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Chris

[Oliver_FF]

cypher? 170?

[PrudentPrincess]

I created a PHP app, and part of the app uses a password, so I put together an encryption system.

I would like to see how secure it is. Below is the cyphertext. See if you can decrypt it. At the moment, I won't say the encryption method (of course) the key used, or anything about it. Just the output.

NOIXSZ^ON

It will be obvious when it is decrypted correctly.

A few hints:
* The method of encryption is NOT standard. It was made pretty much from scratch.
* It isn't very complex. It was done in less than 10 lines.

Chris

Why are you posting this on different forums? You should know by now that the smartest people are here.

[Oliver_FF]

Why are you posting this on different forums? You should know by now that the smartest people are here.

Haha you know it :toast:. Out of interest has anyone else "broken" it?

[aximbigfan]

Oliver got it. Damn.


@Princess, you are on Aximsite too?

Chris

[aximbigfan]

Haha you know it :toast:. Out of interest has anyone else "broken" it?

Nope your the only one. You have bragging rights...

And yes, it was "cypher"

Chris