Re: [HOE] Decryption

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> My aim isn't to make a whole saga over this thing; it's already leading
> into another big long deal, and I worry that I don't have the time. 
> Therefore, I'm automatically assuming that the means exist in Junkyard to
> decode this thing.
> One bit I forgot to mention initially was that the previous owners of
> this data (not the original owners, but the people who stole it first)
> had gotten it partially decoded (probably by means of the computer
> browser power) before being killed.  Therefore, I'm saying that the
> encryption key could possibly be figured out by a very skilled person by
> looking at the encrypted stuff and the few files that are now opened. 
> The posse still has to find someone (or some-THING!) with the necessary
> skills, but it's a possibility...
> Thanks for the help, everyone.

I would vote for a cyborg or really computer-oriented junker. Those strike
me as the only types that would be able to decrypt it.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


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