Reply To: 8B
OK I never gave up, I finally got it.
Because I had coded my old app to remove all x’s from the
decoded plaintext it was useless for this session!
As I no longer have the dev package for that app I couldn’t alter it,
so I had to write new code from scratch (using gp of course)
to perform a playfair cipher that did not remove x’s, that got me the answer.
If you want to check your answer before posting it then you
can check for MD5 of 8B plaintext all uppercase no spaces
it should be:
At this point an unidentified figure in a pointy hat, with pointy ears and shoes, rushed in and stole the rest of the message away. They muttered something about not giving any clues during a live challenge. Hope that makes sense. The Announcer