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From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
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Subject: Re: AI's take on my cipher...
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 20:18:56 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, it would be fun if they tried to crack it, akin to what was 
> done to AOB's ciphers. They got completely ripped apart!

Compared to the complexity of your hmac cipher, the AOB cipherss look 
about as simple to crack as the original ceaser cipher (they were 
mildly more difficult due to AOB's obsfucation around "lots of 
integers").

That likely has a *whole lot* to do with why no takers on cracking it.  
There are few posters left here in s.c in the first place, and for 
those few who are left starting with 'hmac' likely moves the "knowledge 
and effort to crack it" level well out of the range.

You really need an 'inside mathematician friend' at the NSA to take a 
look, but unless you have one of those at hand, trying to ask us to do 
so is just shouting into the void.