Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Decrypting Kryptos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the free-tshirt-to-the-winner dept.

angkor writes "Kryptos is a sculpture located on the grounds of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Installed in 1990, its thousands of characters contain encrypted messages, of which three have been solved (so far). There is still a fourth section at the bottom consisting of 97 or 98 characters which remains uncracked."

11 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. first post!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    got it!!!!

    1. Re:first post!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Great; I'm really impressed. You are now entitled to conduct the title "Official Asswhore Of Robert Malda"

  2. OT: Johnny Carson dead at 79. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I always saw these, and wondered if any were truthful. Here is one that is.

    1. Re:OT: Johnny Carson dead at 79. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      netcraft confirms : carson dead at 79.

      RIP, carnak the magnificent. you will be missed.

  3. Frits Pr0st!1111!!1!11!one!@!11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fristage postage.
    pwnt3d.

  4. Re:I have always been curious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I cannot believe how stupid you are.

  5. Re:Crack? by theluckyleper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm Canadian, eh.

    Blow up statues, not people!

    --
    Visit the Game Programming Wiki!
  6. Re:Perhaps if they spent less time on this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hey fuck you man, not relevant!

  7. Re:Crack? by tomjen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I Though taliban blow up statues.

    --
    Freedom or George Bush
  8. Ok, be honest by nwbvt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who when first reading this thought it was an article about some KDE application? Or am I the only one?

    --
    Mathematics is made of 50 percent formulas, 50 percent proofs, and 50 percent imagination.
  9. The other day in the cafeteria... by j.leidner · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Two experts in combinatorics working for a well-known gouvernmental agency meet in the cafeteria for lunch.
    Cryptographer A: "33ab70b0bcd2baec560b92f224755000 ?"

    Cryptographer B: "350cb4c88d86b33fe2f861e12b724fca3f027d21."

    ;-)