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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: The lost key
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 23:54:06 -0700
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On 4/3/2025 11:53 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 4/3/2025 11:35 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 04/04/2025 06:25, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>> I am not sure how to parse your digits.
>>
>> parse: To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can 
>> be easily manipulated or stored.
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>>
>> int main(void)
>> {
>>    const char *n = 
>> "2848946260538157918367000863848772571624155941440309147181104105973715236751171631344619365840571789679960410281613417934986777121883758077560638903472467639058855049200348722101154699044086248542415920664015225727415899850657037735752534925855988988353704308168166863736592675374332918563267446593496370465749720916683750171432485759516454914993922696517880445639301838174305259484964231962391422203389205533519311439222811085530388606270980794008927920197026957965757301408456000582523271531688939279895920555612097719886773783452558708547";
>>    printf("The number is %s\n", n);
>>    return 0;
>> }
>>
>> Job done.
>>
>> The digits are digits. The number is a number. What is it that you 
>> think you need to parse?
>>
> 
> I was thinking about taking the digits in pairs and just dumping 
> printable character at first. Then I thought well, kind of looks like 
> SCOS, ahhh shit. Need more time. Then I thought of adding up all of the 
> digits just for fun, then I got lost in the weeds. Not sure how the 
> digits relate to one another. Again, lost in the god damn forest. 
> wandering around, thinking out loud. then I had to get back to work on 
> other things.

The lost key makes me think of brute forcing SCOS.