Soviet Intercept

dangermouse · Post by **dangermouse** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:53 am

Conventional means are enough to solve this challenge? Or is there something additional hidden?

cyberwoozle · Post by **cyberwoozle** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:25 pm

No, as far as i remember there are no additional things to look for.

dangermouse · Post by **dangermouse** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:47 pm

hey cyberwoozzle! I think I could identify the last three spies, but the first two are very difficult. Did you use brute force for them?

cyberwoozle · Post by **cyberwoozle** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:55 pm

Nope

(maybe 2 or 3 tries, but no real brute force)

laz0r · Post by **laz0r** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:20 pm

This challenge was straight-forward from what I can remember. Nothing secret or hidden about it, just common sense.

dangermouse · Post by **dangermouse** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:29 am

Oki

then i exhagerated as i tried to bruteforce the first two entries and now i have two wait one hour between each try

laz0r · Post by **laz0r** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:35 am

I didn't know the timing interval went all the way up to that! I'm afraid the only hints I can think of definitely count as "techniques" which probably spoil it too much... but every relevant letter appears in plaintext (not censored) somewhere in the letter, as I recall, which makes it much easier.