Attention Department of Misinformation

[Vev]

Since we are having so much fun keeping a secret of the knowledge we know their code, I suggest we do something more fun. We create a simple code purely used to spread "the truth", in other words lies, rumors and more lies.

A really simple code could be a 5bit alphabet.
1-26 = alphabet
27 = space
28 = period
29 = comma
30 = ?
31 = '

'the hive is glorious' would translate to

10100 01000 00101 11011
01000 01001 10110 00101 11011
01001 10011 11011
00111 01100 01111 10010 01001 01111 10101 10011

I've broken it up to make visual decipher a bit easier.

Rumors we could spread are like the how frustrated we are with the CyCon's code, Chairman's desire to build a personal themepark, false city names ...

[Voltaire]

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Vev

Chairman's desire to build a personal themepark

That's not true?

I think we need to get a handle on the code schemes. We have three competing cyphers and have yet to post one coded message. Perhaps we should prioritize one code and go with that first. Anyone want to create a poll?

[Haon]

hate coding, hate numbers!!! Haon Smash!

Excel spreadsheet please.

[Vev]

Here is the new encoding files

Pravda new encoding

They are NOT secure. It uses 7bit alphabet, (actually it removes the most significant bit), and is easy to break, (once you know what it does).

Use this code the spread "The Truth".

It is already compiled and run in under command prompt. It takes in 'read.txt' and outputs 'read2.txt'
to decode, it takes in 'read2.txt' and outputs 'read3.txt'.

Source code to compile on other platforms

/*
* for some reason %b isn't supported
*/

#include
#include

int main()
{
FILE *inFile;
FILE *outFile;
char ch;

inFile=fopen("read.txt", "r");
if (inFile==NULL)
{
printf ("error opening file.\n");
exit(0);
}

outFile=fopen("read2.txt", "w");
if (outFile==NULL)
{
printf ("error opening file.\n");
exit(0);
}

fprintf(outFile,"Starting Encrypted Transmission.\n");
while ( (ch=fgetc(inFile)) != EOF)
{
fprintf(outFile,"%i",((ch >> 6)&1));
fprintf(outFile,"%i",((ch >> 5)&1));
fprintf(outFile,"%i",((ch >> 4)&1));
fprintf(outFile,"%i",((ch >> 3)&1));
fprintf(outFile,"%i",((ch >> 2)&1));
fprintf(outFile,"%i",((ch >> 1)&1));
fprintf(outFile,"%i",((ch)&1));
}

fprintf(outFile,"\nTransmission Complete.\n");

return (0);
}





/*
* for some reason %b isn't supported
*/

#include
#include

int main()
{
FILE *inFile;
FILE *outFile;
char ch;
char chout;
int counter;

inFile=fopen("read2.txt", "r");
if (inFile==NULL)
{
printf ("error opening file.\n");
exit(0);
}

outFile=fopen("read3.txt", "w");
if (outFile==NULL)
{
printf ("error opening file.\n");
exit(0);
}

while ( (ch=fgetc(inFile)) != '\n') {}

counter=7;
chout=0;

fprintf(outFile,"Decrypting Transmission.\n");
while ( (ch=fgetc(inFile)) != EOF)
{
counter--;
if (ch == '1')
chout += (1 << counter);

if (counter == 0)
{
fprintf(outFile,"%c",chout);
counter=7;
chout=0;
}
}

fprintf(outFile,"\nTransmission Decrypted.\n");

return (0);
}

[Nubclear]

I have an idea.

Why doesnt someone, uh, "leak" this code out to them? It would be SOOO much fun.

[Vev]

well not the code but provide them a paritial plaintext translation

Because the code may be reused for other ciphers

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Vev
well not the code but provide them a paritial plaintext translation

Because the code may be reused for other ciphers

Please come online.

[Gnool]

I have an idea: I propose we use the 5-bit code for now and when they break it we use the code Vev posted with the source code all over it (could someone explain to me how that one works cuz I don't know C++ )

[Vev]

It is C actually

It removes the most significant bit from a binary message so using only the ascii range 0-127.

They could do frequency analysis and hopefully realise something odd is going on.


Micha's code will be used for the beefed up security.

[Googlie]

On a different tack, I was victim in a PBEM with Alinestra Covelia (who played the Hive, of course) after I had infiltration.

She renamed her units to better ones, thus causing me to postpone attacks twice when I thought she had superior defense and weaponry

eg her synthmetal sentinals (1-2-1) she renamed 3-res impact garrisons (4-3res-1) and when I was browsing her production in the F4 screen got completely sucked in and held off mounting an attack.

Later her puny missile noodle interceptors (<6> -1 -8 SAM ) were renamed R-Bolt Interceptors (<12>r-1-8 SAM) . Again, I waited maybe 30 turns before mounting an attack by air on her bases.

Neither time did I think to actually closely examine the units in a base to see what was there, just taking at face value what seemed to be there (and they were sufficiently esoteric that I never did check the techs she had either)

It would be important not to go overboard (eg call then Shard when space is still decades away) but could really sow misinformation and confusion

(and I have - and will not - communicate this idea to any other faction - it just seems such a ...... Hive ..... thing to do)

G.

[Jamski]

/me loves Googlie, really he does

-Jam

[Vev]

What a glorious use of the Truth!