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Cicada 3301 2014 Puzzle - A Rough Summary So Far

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  1. 2014 steps:
  2. 01) image
  3. -> outguess message
  4. 02) book cipher (Self-Reliance and Other Essays - Emerson) w/ pgp
  5. -> onion
  6. 03) 1st onion w/ william blake image
  7. -> outguess message
  8. 04) RSA encrypted message
  9. -> brute forced p&q to decrypt onion
  10. 05) 2nd onion w/ growing string then new string
  11. -> binary, xor 111111, un-rev 3rd = 3 jpegs
  12. 06) Liber Primus runes page
  13. -> reversed gematria to "a warning" message
  14. 07) outguess from 3 jpegs
  15. -> xored to message w/ pgp
  16. 08) column transposition cipher message
  17. -> 14 columns re-ordered to message w/ onion
  18. 09) 3rd onion w/ growing string
  19. -> dirbustered system status page
  20. 10) server status page
  21. -> cicada changed page to string
  22. 11) string contained 2 jpegs and OOB data
  23. -> OOB to binary reversed to 1033 magic square
  24. 12) 2 jpegs w/ same runes
  25. -> reversed gematria to "some wisdom" message
  26. 13) server status page
  27. -> changed again to hex string
  28. 14) string contained 2 jpegs, one reversed
  29. -> outguess 1st jpeg to hex w/ pgp
  30. 15) hex message
  31. -> small jpeg image
  32. 16) 2 rune pages
  33. -> vigenere cipher key "diuinity" using reversed gematria to "welcome, pilgrim" message
  34. 17) small jpeg image
  35. -> vigenere cipher key "welcome pilgrim to the" to onion
  36. 18) 4th onion w/ string then new string
  37. -> gzip file to 4 decompressed images
  38. 19) 4 rune images
  39. -> used reversed gematria then 3 position shift to "a koan" message
  40. 20) outguess from 2nd image
  41. -> "for those who have fallen behind" message
  42. 21) column transposition
  43. -> 7 columns rearranged to message w/ onion
  44. 22) 5th onion string
  45. -> hex to binary to 3301 - "Interconnectedness" mp3 file
  46. 23) 5th onion back online w/ Goya painting
  47. -> outguess
  48. 24) outguess info
  49. -> bzip2 gives text file w/ 3 hex blocks & pgp
  50. 25) 3 hex blocks
  51. -> to binary to two jpegs and an mp3 (Godel, Escher, Bach)
  52. 26) text file book cipher (Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter)
  53. -> onion
  54. 27) 6th onion string
  55. -> hex to 4 jpegs in order
  56. 28) 4 jpegs
  57. -> normal gematria to "the loss of dvinity"
  58. 29) 4 jpges outguess data
  59. -> all the same, create tor hidden service
  60. 30) 6th onion changed
  61. -> enter magic squares and your onion address
  62. 31) Interconnectedness mp3
  63. -> OpenPuff w/ key "33011033" to hidden data text file
  64. 32) hidden text file
  65. -> contained the 3 magic squares
  66. 33) 6th onion w/ correct squares submitted
  67. -> three rune page jpegs
  68. 34) first 2 of 3 rune pages
  69. -> vigenere cipher w/ key "circumference" (or "firfumferenfe" idk) to "a koan" message
  70. 35) 3rd rune page
  71. -> not encryped using normal gematria to "an instruction" message
  72. 36) CicaDOS sent messages to hidden services
  73. -> message.txt.asc w/ pgp
  74. 37) malformed messaged
  75. -> ascii spaces to "hello.xxyouxre" message w/ onion
  76. 38) 7th onion w/ 58 images 0-57.jpg
  77. -> some have outguess (unsolved)
  78. 39) 57.jpg
  79. -> normal gematria to "parable: like the instar" message
  80. 40) 56.jpg
  81. -> vigenere w/ stream cipher of (Nth Prime-1) to "an end" message w/ hash (unsolved)
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