Comments on: Third phone numbers station: 678-248-2352

By: Seventh phone numbers station: 414-386-1377 - Homeland Stupidity

Seventh phone numbers station: 414-386-1377 - Homeland Stupidity — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:52:02 +0000

[...] The telephone number is owned by Global Crossing, which provides wholesale Internet, VoIP and other services. The VoIP retailer is not known at this time. The third number, 678-248-2352, is also owned by Global Crossing. [...]

By: SecondAgenda : For Mein Fraulein

SecondAgenda : For Mein Fraulein — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:27:20 +0000

[...] Subject: For Mein Fraulein – Atlanta, Georgia # 678-248-2352 – Telecom Provider: Global Crossing CL Message + VoIP Transcript: [...]

By: Fourth phone numbers station: 501-588-1015 - Homeland Stupidity

Fourth phone numbers station: 501-588-1015 - Homeland Stupidity — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:16:22 +0000

[...] This latest message is sure to help the amateur cryptanalysts still busy working on the other three messages. (212-796-0735, 415-704-0402, 678-248-2352) [...]

By: Fourth phone numbers station: 617-848-1172 - Homeland Stupidity

Fourth phone numbers station: 617-848-1172 - Homeland Stupidity — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:30:38 +0000

[...] Phone Numbers Stations The 212-796-0735 mysteryAnother phone numbers station: 415-704-0402Third phone numbers station: 678-248-2352Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stationsFourth phone numbers station: 617-848-1172 [...]

By: Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:36:21 +0000

I'm closing comments here as I've opened a cryptanalysis thread with (I hope) a good summary of what's known so far.

By: f

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:31:42 +0000

I was actually thinking Ruby, since it will also help me to get more familiar with its coding style, as well as whip something out quickly. However, it can be run on linux too. I suppose it wouldn’t be too hard to convert to java once ther’s a working version

(writing my Masters paper this week though, so it may be a few days before I get started =) )

By: Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stations - Homeland Stupidity

Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stations - Homeland Stupidity — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:29:49 +0000

[...] Phone Numbers Stations The 212-796-0735 mysteryAnother phone numbers station: 415-704-0402Third phone numbers station: 678-248-2352Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stations [...]

By: Johan Louwers

Johan Louwers — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:28:21 +0000

Hi f, which coding language are you intended to use? If you code this please use a language that can be easily ported to a Linux/UNIX platform. It would be great if you could code this in C or even Python or Java. What you have to keep in mind is that you will most likely need a lot of processor power and time. Maybe I can reserve some time on the cluster to run some private code during the hours the cluster is not heavily used. Think night time and weekends.

By: f

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:22:29 +0000

Hey Johan,

I think you’re right… i’m going to try to program these ciphers myself, and that way it’ll be simple to run one, or a swquential combination of them automatically. Then by having hte program do string searches of the results for words like, (a, and, the) it can stop when its found the right algorithm

Problem though is, as you said.. having potential keys

and finding the key length

it would also be interesting to do a frequency analysis on some of your results, in char groups of 1 or 2, just to see if they follow the frequency distribution of standard english texts. If so, we’ll know we’re on the right track at least

(i think)

By: CodeAc

CodeAc — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:07:12 +0000

I’ve heard a lot of speculation that the third Instance is a “copy-cat”

If its true that the third message is bogus then Sanders post above make s alot of sense.

This theroy could also be more proof that the 2600 guys are not behind this assuming that the 4th message gets posted the 19th and if theres a 5th message that would be scheduled for the 10th of July. if 2600 was doing this as a promo for Hope Number Six it would make perfect more sense to have the messages scheduled to have a 5th one appear either the Monday before the conferance or the Monday after.