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@nuclear1: The attachment is an encrypted message, encrypted by me using Isaac
Stone's private key. Just use his private key to decrypt it.
@terran_empeoror:The odd characters are a result of character values being used
outside the ASCII namespace. Escape characters and the like as well.
@Stormkeeper:See above.
@Solatar:It's not actually a text file, sorry about that. I added the .txt extension
to the file so that HLP would let me post it (files without extensions are not
accepted), but the board was doing something to the file that would render it
undecypherable upon the return trip. So I put the .txt in a .rar. Problem solved!
It will be interesting to see how they get the encrypted message to us. It would be
even more amusing if they never actually used this key to encrypt anything
"official"...
Anyway, it's very simple to decrypt these files. I don't know if a version of GnuPG
exists for Windows, but on Linux you just have to install the package containing
GnuPG. Then, if you look at Post #54 in this thread you'll see the commands I used
to import Isaac's private key. Then run gpg "--out post2.decrypted --decrypt
post2.encrypted" in a directory containing the encrypted file. You will be prompted
for the passphrase, which is "God of Ohio State", and then a file will appear called
post2.decrypted, containing this text.
Encrypting a message is just as simple. Use your favorite text editor (something
that uses Unix (LF) line endings, preferably) to create a file with the text you
want encrypted. In my case, I called it post2. Then, you run
"gpg --out post2.encrypted --encrypt post2" - post2.encrypted will be created,
containing the secret message.
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