Enigma Valley Password Update -- January 2013
Great job breaking into the data centers so far. Look what I found in their
e-mail queue.
-Alyssa
--- Forwarded message ---
From: Bob F. Herring <bofh@enigmavalley.com>
To: ops@enigmavalley.com
Subject: Password update
HBMUN AUNAM HAEHD HCFED KUGKG YAXAA JNMSH MHTPD KFVUB VDBQY
VGRRC FQWGJ LOGVZ XGBJG VQTEH TTLRW GJRAB KBDFT NLFGA YXSLF
WHGUO TIXFZ NUVUH ANRBF CKOKF DXOCD SIKTN USRHC CNUBX KDWGD
SFWZN YBRWX UPLAA PNRZT FIZBC KPVDG COMPW THGAB MCIGX UYYXV
SHKQS VLDWZ RUNUF KPAAQ UGCNZ JVMIH SISNZ MGEKO HNRRC OPDBY
OHIHI DSMFD HPSFG CICZD KFWZC
Reminders for new operators:
Here in Enigma Valley Investment & Loan Information Technology, we take
security very seriously. As part of this, the master password for your region's
data center changes on a monthly schedule. You must use the new password that
you get from this message.
The list of passwords is of course not sent in the clear. It is instead
protected with industry-standard evil encryption, performed on separate
machines in case a computer is compromised. You will need a message key to
decipher it, which you were given at the monthly operations meeting.
We pride ourselves on the security of our communications. Our unbreakable
cryptography system even has a component that has never been seen by anyone
outside of the company. Reflect on the significance of that. So please do your
part to keep this information secure!
The message, when decrypted, contains the new passwords for all
20 data centers, sorted alphabetically by city name. Each password is
terminated by the letter X.
Now is a great time to test your machine. If, for example, we were updating the
passwords at two data centers in cities A and B, and giving them the new
passwords FOO and BAR respectively, and the message key is AAA, you would
receive the message
VWRHR VTP
This message decodes to:
FOOXB ARX
From: Gary Oofus <goofus@enigmavalley.com>
To: Bob F. Herring <bofh@enigmavalley.com>
im a little confused because i set the key to "YWY" like you said at the
meeting but when i decoded the first letter it already said "YWZ"... is that
normal? because i put in VWRHR VTP and it didnt spell anything
did the reflector upgrade happen? mine is the IZHLUMQCARVDFTWXGJYNEKOPSB one
From: Bob F. Herring <bofh@enigmavalley.com>
To: Gary Oofus <goofus@enigmavalley.com>
Gary,
Congratulations on your promotion to front-line customer service!