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Xenon oxygen fluorine titanium Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/15/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Those that have found other Nomad puzzle caches in the past, know that I love ciphers, and encryption algorithms. Maybe because I'm a software engineer and general geek. Or, maybe because I love the idea of hiding information in plain sight.

Regardless, the following is encrypted with a fun little algorithm. Your job is two-fold:


1- Figure out the encryption algorithm.


2- Figure out the encryption key.


Here's the important things you should know:

a- There is no need to install any software on your machine to decrypt the message. You can find what you need by making judicious use of a good search engine.

b- The encryption key is somewhere on this cache page.

c- The decrypted information is totally deterministic. When you get it, you will positively know you have it.

d- The code must be presented to the decryption tool ALL ON ONE LINE. Failure to do this will result in a garbled message.

The Code
QdKjIZarIhKnMZKzE1aDIJODYdOTEtKzINOXEtKvYRODMBanIJOXMpKfIhanM
ZOTIVOHIhOnYBKbIpKbMhObY1KrExOLEtKvY9ODMRKHcBOjMJKfEtObYlGvMF
OfYJOHIJOnYdKvIFODExOXYBG7IdKLMBanI5KvMpOLYBKbIFKTIJKfcRKPIZK
bYFG7MZKXY1KrIJK7IxaTE9KnIJKLExajIZKfMFarMVKLIxKbI5OfYlKTE1Kv

Information For Jetskier
Final cache is 1.2mi from the posted coordinates

*Special thanks to Out On Bail for correcting my spelling in the title of this cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qrpelcgvba: Abg onfr 64, ab fcnprf va xrl Uvqr: Sybevqn Fglyr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)