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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: