Train Wreck

polarlemniscate · Post by **polarlemniscate** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:38 pm

I have approached this from multiple angles but am unable to work anything out. Could anyone point me in the right direction please?

beza1e1 · Post by **beza1e1** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:03 pm

Once you know what kind of cipher it is, google it!

helly0d · Post by **helly0d** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:47 am

i got the cipher i got the sentence with the answer but it won't submit do i have to do it again on the answer alone or is the challenge broken ( it is for the first time i am actually thinking that something on this site could be broken, except for the broken image )

*EDIT* my mistake... forgot the last 2 letters

moose · Post by **moose** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:18 pm

I tried for some hours to solve this with a (very basic) cipher, where it is important of which factors the length of the text consist. So you know where you have to split the text. Am I on the right track?

uws8505 · Post by **uws8505** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:29 am

You just have to apply one decryption method to the whole cipher.

Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:30 pm

uws8505 wrote:You just have to apply one decryption method to the whole cipher.

Well, and if you don't know what type of code it is to begin with, what would be a good approach to find it out?

uws8505 · Post by **uws8505** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:35 am

There are two general categories of ciphers - one category is the other cipher challenges you have seen (and hopefully solved) so far, and this challenge is in the other category. After you find out the category and possible cipher methods in it, the challenge title will then help you.

nighthalk · Post by **nighthalk** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:14 am

talk about embarrassing. i was stumped on this for years. until i realized my cipher went on the wrong track. test your algorithms!