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| DECRYPTION STATION — PUZZLE #13289 |
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CIPHER TYPE: REED-SOLOMON
SECURITY LEVEL: 7/7
STATUS: [ACTIVE — AWAITING DECRYPTION]
MISSION BRIEFING
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Recover the message from 13 polynomial shares over GF(97). The first 6 coefficients spell the answer.
INTERCEPTED DATA
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> shares:
[[1, 56], [2, 60], [3, 46], [4, 30], [5, 11], [6, 93], [7, 25], [8, 2], [9, 12], [10, 48], [11, 54], [12, 27], [13, 49]]
> needed:
6
> modulus:
97
> hint:
Use Lagrange interpolation on any 6 shares. Read coefficients as ASCII codes.
> answer format:
lowercase letters, no spaces or punctuation
[INTEL] Pool fill: reed-solomon diff 7
DECRYPTION INPUT
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