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  • 20 Nov 17 at 12:28 am #32960
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    If you don’t understand the bit about ioc, i strongly recommend you go read the beginners guide. Even at this stage, it’s so much easier to decipher if you understand the principals behind polyalphabetic ciphers – which are explained with the context of a Vigènere.

    I wish you all the best of luck with this – you can do it!

    20 Nov 17 at 12:36 am #32970
    Anonymous
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    OFFICIAL HINT: You may be thinking what a fine mess this is, but half of this you have done before.

    20 Nov 17 at 1:00 am #32971
    Anonymous
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    oh no, the puns…

    20 Nov 17 at 11:54 am #32973
    Anonymous
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    Am I right in thinking we have to rest on this clue?

    20 Nov 17 at 4:31 pm #32980
    Anonymous
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    ioc is so helpful – I now have the key length but it is resisting me

    20 Nov 17 at 7:45 pm #32988
    Anonymous
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    Is it autokey???

    20 Nov 17 at 9:58 pm #32991
    Anonymous
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    HHEEEELLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

    21 Nov 17 at 12:24 am #32995
    Anonymous
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    is there a fixed number of alphabets, or can different letters have a different number of substitutes? (that is, if this cipher even involves substitution)

    21 Nov 17 at 12:30 am #32997
    Anonymous
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    OFFICIAL CLUE: Hopefully by now you have the period, you have the ciphers, and you just need a key word. Unfortunately, this is related to a farmer’s death.

    21 Nov 17 at 12:30 am #32998
    Anonymous
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    @triptych there are a fixed number of alphabets.

    21 Nov 17 at 6:25 pm #33003
    Anonymous
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    please can we have a clue on the farmer’s death?

    21 Nov 17 at 6:26 pm #33006
    Anonymous
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    I am really stuck at this cipher and I have literally spent days and days trying to solve it but I feel like I have made no progress.

    21 Nov 17 at 10:35 pm #33011
    Anonymous
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    so there is more than one cipher…

    21 Nov 17 at 10:44 pm #33017
    Anonymous
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    OFFICIAL COMMENT/CLUE: Yes, there is more than 1 cipher. Now go back and re-read the cryptic clues and see if you can glean any more information from them. About the farmer’s death – you need to think about this, and the story overall, and languages used.

    22 Nov 17 at 12:48 pm #33019
    Anonymous
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    Interesting isn’t it, when the ‘strongest and beautiful’ cipher turned out to be the beaufort….

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