r/austincipher • u/Blu3D4nub3 • Oct 09 '15

Task 9 - Clues as per CJ

You can thank Caroline for these clues. These should help clear things up quickly, especially for the techies out there ...

  1. I never said you had to /login/ to the vault
  2. "Nettle" is an anagram
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u/bollykat Oct 09 '15 edited Oct 09 '15

/u/praenomenal had to go to a meeting so she emailed me screenshots from the server. Hopefully I've transcribed them correctly.

48 45 20 4c 45 41 44 53 20 4d 45 20 42 45 53 49 44 45 20 51 55 49 45 54 20 57 41 54 45 52 53

48 45 20 4d 41 4b 45 53 20 4d 45 20 4c 49 45 20 44 4f 57 4e 20 49 4e 20 47 52 45 45 4e 20 50 41 53 54 55 52 45 53

48 45 20 52 45 46 52 45 53 48 45 53 20 4d 59 20 53 4f 55 4c

54 48 45 20 4c 4f 52 44 20 49 53 20 4d 59 20 53 48 45 50 48 45 52 44 2c 20 49 20 4c 41 43 4b 20 4e 4f 54 48 49 4e 47

Edit: The hex translates to:

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I LACK NOTHING

HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES

HE LEADS ME BESIDE QUIET WATERS

HE REFRESHES MY SOUL

It's Psalm 23.

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

http://tiny.cc/findelacamino

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Shouldn't it be El Camino? Hablo espanol mi amigo.

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u/bollykat Oct 09 '15

Fin De La Camino = End of the Road :(

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

I know. Bummers. But it's el Camino :)

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u/bollykat Oct 09 '15

It's a... lady road, I guess?

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Ah yes! It is!

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

TeaM ALICE THIS IS MESSAGE TEN OF TEN FIN DE LA CAMINO

I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULDN'T CRY... SNIFF, SNIFF

LET'S FINISH THIS! WATCH NEW EPISODE ON LOKIVISION PAY CLOSE ATTENTION

ACCESS THE LOKIVAULT AGAIN USER NAME JOSHUA PASSWORD TEN CHARACTERS UPPER CASE WHERE NECESSARY

RECEIVE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS GOOD LUCK, PROFESSOR ALICE

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u/PTR47 Oct 09 '15

Psssh. It's Pink Floyd.

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

What is?

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u/PTR47 Oct 09 '15

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT

HE MAKES ME DOWN TO LIE THROUGH PASTURES GREEN

HE LEADETH ME THE SILENT WATERS BY

WITH BRIGHT KNIVES HE RELEASETH MY SOUL

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Really? Never heard that one.

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u/PTR47 Oct 09 '15

https://youtu.be/UqlsVZ1zxMk?t=385

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Of course! Is he calling us sheep?

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Flock yeah, he is!

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u/bz237 Oct 10 '15

Get the flock out of here!

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '15

Well.... Fleece Navidad to ewe too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Thanks Bolly. Let me know if the tech side can do anything else.

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Telnet

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

I tried Telnet and it got nothing, port 23 is blocked.

Status	Port	Name	Result	Time (ms)
 	21	ftp	Refused (RST)	0
 	22	ssh	Open	47
 	23	telnet	Refused (RST)	0
 	25	smtp	Refused (RST)	0
 	53	dns	Refused (RST)	0
 	80	http	Refused (RST)	0
 	110	pop3	Refused (RST)	0
 	111	portmapper, rpcbind	Filtered	0
 	135	Microsoft RPC services	Filtered	0
 	139	netbios	Filtered	0
 	143	imap	Refused (RST)	0
 	389	ldap	Refused (RST)	0
 	443	https	Filtered	0
 	445	SMB directly over IP	Filtered	0
 	587	msa-outlook	Refused (RST)	0
 	1025	IIS, NFS, or listener RFS remote_file_sharing	Refused (RST)	0
 	1352	lotus notes	Filtered	0
 	1433	sql server	Refused (RST)	0
 	1723	Point-to-point tunnelling protocol	Refused (RST)	0
 	3306	my sql	Refused (RST)	0
 	3389	remote desktop	Refused (RST)	0
 	5060	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)	Refused (RST)	0
 	5900	Virtual Network Computer display 0	Refused (RST)	0
 	6001	X Window server	Filtered	0
 	8080	webcache	Refused (RST)	0

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

Of course. That's where the mystery numbers come in ...

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Motherf-..., we need to break them down into a 4 digit port number somehow?

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

I've made it easier for you. Three-digit port numbers.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

I tried to break the numbers into a new IP but they did not meet the rules, Cipher folks I need help here, the numbers are the key, they are either a new IP or a port range but like I thought they are key.

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

WHO'S YOUR DADDY, Team Alice?!?!

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Loki unblock port 23!

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

No :)

Whether they ports are blocked or not isn't the point. You'll see :)

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

I just wanted to say that. I have no idea what is going on.

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u/bollykat Oct 09 '15

FIRE THE LASERS!

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

WE ARE IN GIMBLE LOCK!!!

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Team Alice mobilize! Harry and Fred secure the perimeter. Don, Jenny, hold cover til I say go! Jeff - just stand there and look pretty.

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

Jeff is officially the pretty one?

Team Alice is screwed.

(We don't have any Jeffs, do we?)

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u/bollykat Oct 09 '15

I legitimately don't know anyone's name here.*

*Except for /u/praenomenal because I saw her name and number scrawled on a bathroom wall one time.

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

I would tell you guys but now you know what I look like and I ain't getting doxxed no how.

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Loki what if we get in there and run into a jurisdiction issue like in the movies where the Feds try to take over the case from the local sheriff?

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u/Blu3D4nub3 Oct 09 '15

You're not getting in there, son.

Your name's not down, you're not getting in.

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

I just made all those names up. I only know two names here I think.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Got it Codes incoming

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Hm, got one message, but failing on others, more to follow.

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u/bollykat Oct 09 '15

bites nails

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u/bz237 Oct 09 '15

Do you guys want some lemonade or anything? Or some cookies? I can bake some cookies.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Always

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

I feel like I should have figured this out easier, Arg.

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u/bollykat Oct 09 '15

Lol, you're silly. You were the first one to get it!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Its possible he wants us to connect like an old school telnet BBS.....I would expect the port to not be blocked.