Bazeries Mystery Cache
xquid: Hasn't been found in more than a year - and I have now moved out of state.
Archiving this cache.
Thanks to all who solved it.
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BYOP. The cache is not located at the posted coordinates, but is
within two miles.
In 1618, a French mathematician named Antione Rossignol deciphered
a secret message for the forces of the King of France. It enabled
the King's forces to capture the city of Realmont without resorting
to battle.
This feat was the beginning of Rossignol's long and outstanding
career as court cryptanalyst to Louis XIII and later Louis XIV.
During his tenure, Rossignol created a complicated cipher system
for the exclusive use of the King.
When Louis XIV died in 1715, he left behind messages written in the
Great Cipher - but not the process to decipher them. For more than
a century, the Great Cipher stood against all assaults at its
secrets. It was finally broken by Commandant Bazeries of the Black
Chamber, the French Army's cryptographic department.
Bazeries went on to create the cylindrical cipher system that
became the de facto standard used throughout the world.
-taken from BYTE Publications Inc, June 1983, pages 352-360.
The message below was encrypted on a 20 cylinder 26 position
disk.
NGGFX QYAUF GIJJP IHUFA XHKVR UVPAS XVZRN WRXUY MHYCK EDCCX
ZYKJS ZQXBS GLQ
The Internet will not help you. You'll have to do this one "old
school".
Robertsons3 (and R3boy) |
pamap |
CCCooperAgency (and GeoNina) |
The FTF prize of a commemorative 9/11 coin was claimed by
Robertsons3 - congratulations!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Can be done without the hint, but very difficult]
NYJNLF JNSSYR FGBZCREF
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