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Digital Fortress

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:33 pm
by Fibonacci
Has Anybody read it? Its good read, but that's not why im posting.



At the back of the book there's a code. I've tried everything i can think of to figure it out! I know it means something, I just don't know what.



Do You?



Here it is:



128-10-93-85-10-128-98-112-6-6-25-126-39-1-68-78

Digital Fortress

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:43 pm
by CARLA
Here you go Fibonacci I just googled the code. ;)

Answer: We are watching you.

[QUOTE]Code solution

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The code that appears in the end of the book

128-10-93-85-10-128-98-112-6-6-25-126-39-1-68-78

is decrypted by looking at the first letter of the chapter for each number. For example, chapter 128 starts 'When Susan awoke'. The resulting text is

WECGEWHYAAIORTNU

Decryption is performed using a columnar transposition cipher, termed a "Caesar Square" cipher in the book (this is unrelated to the Caesar cipher). The letters are arranged into a square:

WECG

EWHY

AAIO

RTNU

and read from the top down.

WEAREWATCHINGYOU

Add spaces and you get the plaintext,

"We are watching you"[/QUOTE]

Digital Fortress

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:49 pm
by Fibonacci
Thank you Carla! :yh_worshp



Who knows how long I would have been up trying to figure this out! :wah: