Each of the two questions below is encrypted using a different method. What is the answer to each question?

409702 253 13733 13403 396 14133 1044 112117?

WEIUTIBSTBZWJEPBGNSFUKHR?

It seems to me there is insufficient data to derive just one correct solution. For example, the second encryption could be sending a total of 676 symbols to a pair of upper-case latin characters. As such, it is viable to say that:

W -> WE
h -> IU
o -> TI
I -> BS
s -> TB
N -> ZW
e -> JE
a -> PB
r -> GN
b -> SF
y -> UK
? -> HR

As such, the second plaintext is: WhoIsNearby? which I can answer: my boss at work.

--Graatz

Posted by Jeff on 2003-12-29 19:43:34