The Code the CIA Can't Crack

Also the subject of Dan Brown's latest novel, right? I've read somewhere that there were mistakes in the codes (when the sculpture was cast) that threw a lot of cryptoanalysts.

If it was me, I'd leave the last part complete gibberish just to mess with people.

Hehe... Probably a one-time-pad! :) The joke is on the CIA cryptologists.

@Gomez: You're a major asshat.

I thought I too had read that there was an error in the code. The original author examined it and sure enough, one letter was miscast, throwing off the whole cypher.

i used to have a minor interest in cryptology growing up. I had discovered a cryptology book that belonged to my grandfather. It was for use in the British army.

But, I was watching a program about "inside the CIA" and that sculture had a lengthy segment. The artist showed how he encrypted the "puzzle". He had encrypted it differently for each panel though. Ever since I saw that - I occasionally try to figure it out. I kind of work it like a sudoku. One that I know is extremly difficult to solve, so I just work on maybe two squares every now and then.
I do however think the last 97 characters are more simple than the first three panels.And that people are making it more difficult than it is.
When the artist had said "it should unravel and reveal itself slowly" I had thought that one should perhaps copy the statur to paper and roll it up.
But you would have to know the correct diameter that you should roll it up into.

i really do like this sculpture...i bring it up periodically in conversations...actual mysteries are so wonderful

I really hope the original author has it written down somewhere so that it can be revealed... would be a shame if he died and nobody ever discoverd the secret.

Gomez' trolling comment deleted.

Here's a cipher for you to decode:

ALLYOURBASEAREBELONGTOUS

There, feel smarter now? :P

@Bonehead108
Exactly what I was thinking. It would be the perfect prank leaving 100s of people trying to decrypt the impossible.

I ran section 4 through a Google and Yahoo search, here's the answer... "Thank You Mario! But Our Princess Is In Another Castle!"

the last section is backwards, and if you use three mirrors and a theodolite you can plainly see that it says "I killed JR!"

Use crackers!

"nya nya! I know something you don't"
what an asshole this guy is.

Couldn't they just use that thing from Dan Brown's 'Digital Fortress'?

actually if it said "drink your ovaltine!" that'd be cool.
but he's still an asshole.

That part with the shadow falling on it looks like the same letters repeated in each line but progressing one letter on each line. Do I win something?

@ Frau

That is an interesting idea...rolling the paper would maybe allow one to see if letters in one line or section overlap or sit side by side other letters!

Sounds bogus. Would the CIA, in all their paranoia, actually approve it in advance without knowing what it said?

It says "your tax dollars at work".

The cipher is related to the locality of the sun and it's corresponding shadow.

It translates to a particularly good recipe for chocolate chip cookies, I hear.

Does the shadow during certain times of day play a role in the message? I mean I'm not actually asking, but kind of seems like it may.

saw this Kryptos clue on the 11 o'clock news

http://11oclocknews.typepad.com

I believe to have the overall riddle and 4th section of Kryptos figured out. Any idea how to go about getting a confirmation from the artist as to its validity? He has yet to respond to email. Your help would be greatly appreciated.