752 Hex Code

After ASCII85 decoding of HALOS.txt on Stormseeker's Website, this message can be observed:

[[Proxyhost@-84-9-123-345.dslgb.com//closed.proxy.accepted//?OTR,3,4,?OTR:[INCOMING TRANSMISSION CLASSIFIED SOURCE]SUBJECT ANALYSIS - TENACIOUS. SITE OFFLINE...... 
...{Primary Servers Overloaded}... USER ACTIVATION REQUIRED... PASSCODE INPUT FOR SITE ACTIVATION REQUIRED...
SET FOR FINAL TEST PATTERN....
ANALYSIS COMPLETE>>> [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION LEVEL 8][OTR//4.0]
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
[/][End Transmission]|¬[ABORTIVE.] ~~ [Transmission Ends]]

The inner code seen in this message is 752 hexadecimal numbers (376 bytes or 3008 bits):

B32B003A 35BADD66 577C24C1 4FC91906 4346D131 A7C54BB8 2FFE03E0 22615777
247923DC 21F62CD4 182E91C3 B267B545 ABCAEDAF 0261510D 4EEA1E87 CD33C7C7
7131309C C4280EB4 243D1154 F044F9CF 6296D9BF F7397E43 90987FE6 3203DA0D
E40278B3 A54F5DDC 6975FA04 F749849E 1A62595A 9F630B07 95913DE0 153E3AAC
388C45FB 9D850CFE 913541D6 C08398F2 C88332A8 2FDF0028 1D62FCDC 4FE7E46A
E90C51C5 C806B411 64E33AB9 2C96862E 068B0C16 C09990B8 381A00DA 7915B67F
E4A20F59 9B0F1B6D 481913C7 B9538CEE 639144F4 1561BA92 E4FE751D 1E242CD8
8F51D695 51988713 6A7C15AA BD7B4004 49220141 30A91F17 0F66CCB3 C139463A
7E909A37 AA863FB2 7805FC97 31C09C8C 79067E79 930A4065 46B24C9A 629B26C2
CE2A4BE4 8F589A37 5FEB731F C4AB225C 11848CF8 9E291FB2 7133970C 06361847
4A892801 EDD68F54 698C5E5B 506746F6 765A6F7F 1225DEA4 DA1140FE B60F6507
45241C69 3695883D CB21E6FB FEFBB85A 29919480 36A52B5D

These bytes contain no visible patterns, entropy analysis results in a normalized value of 0.9285159, which is considered to be similar to that of a random data. Older ciphers do not result in this type of randomness in the encoded message, which means that a more sophisticated/modern cipher was probably used to encode this data.

Current Theories

Hex Editor view of the code Download

• Further analysis of the messages sent to Gunsrequiem by 0418 (Storm) indicate that the first capitalized letters of each sentence (as well as the capital "H" in "Hex") spell out:
  • HI, I ARC IIII IT, TWOFISH IT
  • HI, I TWOFISH IT, ARC IIII IT
  • HI, I TWOFISH, WAIT, RC IIII IT
  • HI, I RC IIII, WAIT, TWOFISH IT
  • HI, I ARC IIII IT, TWOFISH, TWIT (lol)
  • Essentially, however you want to read it, it indicates that we need to use ARC4 and TwoFish in succession to decrypt the HALOS.txt file. Now it's just a matter of figuring out the keys!
• Symmetric Block Cipher
  • ARC4 and TwoFish
  • Possible password of "benalohpaillier" or "BENALOHPAILLIER"
    • Benaloh / Paillier

• Speculation: "OTR//4.0" (see Stormseeker's Website) is a reference to the Off-the-Record Messaging protocol in version 4.0. This is unlikely though, since nearly all the previous clues used a similar header, and the current OTR protocol is only 3.0.

Debunked Theories

• Raw 1-bit (monochrome) or 8-bit (grayscale) pixel array
• uuEncoded
• Simple XOR [0-255] on each byte
• 32-bit and 8-bit bit rotations
• SSH Key. File length is too short, even with DSA/768.
• encrypted with openssl

Pseudorandom number sequence test

$ echo -n "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" | perl -pe 's/([0-9a-f]{2})/chr hex $1/gie' | ent

Entropy = 7.428127 bits per byte.

Optimum compression would reduce the size
of this 376 byte file by 7 percent.

Chi square distribution for 376 samples is 254.47, and randomly
would exceed this value 50.00 percent of the times.

Arithmetic mean value of data bytes is 115.1941 (127.5 = random).
Monte Carlo value for Pi is 3.096774194 (error 1.43 percent).
Serial correlation coefficient is -0.039323 (totally uncorrelated = 0.0).

Alternative Encodings

Viewing the data in other encodings may be useful when importing into different software:

• Raw Binary File

  HALOS.bin

• Base 64

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

• Binary

10110011001010110000000000111010001101011011101011011101011001100101011101111100001001001100000101001111110010010001100100000110010000110100011011010001001100011010011111000101010010111011100000101111111111100000001111100000001000100110000101010111011101110010010001111001001000111101110000100001111101100010110011010100000110000010111010010001110000111011001001100111101101010100010110101011110010101110110110101111000000100110000101010001000011010100111011101010000111101000011111001101001100111100011111000111011100010011000100110000100111001100010000101000000011101011010000100100001111010001000101010100111100000100010011111001110011110110001010010110110110011011111111110111001110010111111001000011100100001001100001111111111001100011001000000011110110100000110111100100000000100111100010110011101001010100111101011101110111000110100101110101111110100000010011110111010010011000010010011110000110100110001001011001010110101001111101100011000010110000011110010101100100010011110111100000000101010011111000111010101011000011100010001100010001011111101110011101100001010000110011111110100100010011010101000001110101101100000010000011100110001111001011001000100000110011001010101000001011111101111100000000001010000001110101100010111111001101110001001111111001111110010001101010111010010000110001010001110001011100100000000110101101000001000101100100111000110011101010111001001011001001011010000110001011100000011010001011000011000001011011000000100110011001000010111000001110000001101000000000110110100111100100010101101101100111111111100100101000100000111101011001100110110000111100011011011011010100100000011001000100111100011110111001010100111000110011101110011000111001000101000100111101000001010101100001101110101001001011100100111111100111010100011101000111100010010000101100110110001000111101010001110101101001010101010001100110001000011100010011011010100111110000010101101010101011110101111011010000000000010001001001001000100000000101000001001100001010100100011111000101110000111101100110110011001011001111000001001110010100011000111010011111101001000010011010001101111010101010000110001111111011001001111000000001011111110010010111001100011100000010011100100011000111100100000110011111100111100110010011000010100100000001100101010001101011001001001100100110100110001010011011001001101100001011001110001010100100101111100100100011110101100010011010001101110101111111101011011100110001111111000100101010110010001001011100000100011000010010001100111110001001111000101001000111111011001001110001001100111001011100001100000001100011011000011000010001110100101010001001001010000000000111101101110101101000111101010100011010011000110001011110010110110101000001100111010001101111011001110110010110100110111101111111000100100010010111011110101001001101101000010001010000001111111010110110000011110110010100000111010001010010010000011100011010010011011010010101100010000011110111001011001000011110011011111011111111101111101110111000010110100010100110010001100101001000000000110110101001010010101101011101

• UInt8 Array

[179,43,0,58,53,186,221,102,87,124,36,193,79,201,25,6,67,70,209,49,167,197,75,184,47,254,3,224,34,97,87,119,36,121,35,220,33,246,44,212,24,46,145,195,178,103,181,69,171,202,237,175,2,97,81,13,78,234,30,135,205,51,199,199,113,49,48,156,196,40,14,180,36,61,17,84,240,68,249,207,98,150,217,191,247,57,126,67,144,152,127,230,50,3,218,13,228,2,120,179,165,79,93,220,105,117,250,4,247,73,132,158,26,98,89,90,159,99,11,7,149,145,61,224,21,62,58,172,56,140,69,251,157,133,12,254,145,53,65,214,192,131,152,242,200,131,50,168,47,223,0,40,29,98,252,220,79,231,228,106,233,12,81,197,200,6,180,17,100,227,58,185,44,150,134,46,6,139,12,22,192,153,144,184,56,26,0,218,121,21,182,127,228,162,15,89,155,15,27,109,72,25,19,199,185,83,140,238,99,145,68,244,21,97,186,146,228,254,117,29,30,36,44,216,143,81,214,149,81,152,135,19,106,124,21,170,189,123,64,4,73,34,1,65,48,169,31,23,15,102,204,179,193,57,70,58,126,144,154,55,170,134,63,178,120,5,252,151,49,192,156,140,121,6,126,121,147,10,64,101,70,178,76,154,98,155,38,194,206,42,75,228,143,88,154,55,95,235,115,31,196,171,34,92,17,132,140,248,158,41,31,178,113,51,151,12,6,54,24,71,74,137,40,1,237,214,143,84,105,140,94,91,80,103,70,246,118,90,111,127,18,37,222,164,218,17,64,254,182,15,101,7,69,36,28,105,54,149,136,61,203,33,230,251,254,251,184,90,41,145,148,128,54,165,43,93]

• UInt16 Array

[45867,58,13754,56678,22396,9409,20425,6406,17222,53553,42949,19384,12286,992,8801,22391,9337,9180,8694,11476,6190,37315,45671,46405,43978,60847,609,20749,20202,7815,52531,51143,28977,12444,50216,3764,9277,4436,61508,63951,25238,55743,63289,32323,37016,32742,12803,55821,58370,30899,42319,24028,26997,64004,63305,33950,6754,22874,40803,2823,38289,15840,5438,15020,14476,17915,40325,3326,37173,16854,49283,39154,51331,12968,12255,40,7522,64732,20455,58474,59660,20933,51206,46097,25827,15033,11414,34350,1675,3094,49305,37048,14362,218,30997,46719,58530,3929,39695,7021,18457,5063,47443,36078,25489,17652,5473,47762,58622,29981,7716,11480,36689,54933,20888,34579,27260,5546,48507,16388,18722,321,12457,7959,3942,52403,49465,17978,32400,39479,43654,16306,30725,64663,12736,40076,30982,32377,37642,16485,18098,19610,25243,9922,52778,19428,36696,39479,24555,29471,50347,8796,4484,36088,40489,8114,28979,38668,1590,6215,19081,10241,60886,36692,27020,24155,20583,18166,30298,28543,4645,56996,55825,16638,46607,25863,17700,7273,13973,34877,52001,59131,65275,47194,10641,38016,13989,11101]

• UInt32 Array

[3005939770,901438822,1467753665,1338579206,1128714545,2814725048,805176288,576804727,611918812,569781460,405705155,2993141061,2882203055,39932173,1323966087,3442722759,1899049116,3290959540,607981908,4031052239,1654053311,4147740227,2425913318,839113229,3825367219,2773442012,1769339396,4148790430,442653018,2674068231,2509323744,356399788,948717051,2642742526,2436186582,3229849842,3364041384,803143720,493026524,1340597354,3909898693,3355882513,1692613305,748062254,109775894,3231289528,941228250,2031466111,3835826009,2601458541,1209603015,3109260526,1670464756,358726290,3841881373,505687256,2404505237,1368950547,1786516906,3178971140,1226965313,816389911,258395315,3241756218,2123405879,2860924850,2013658263,834706572,2030468729,2466922597,1186090138,1654335170,3458878436,2404948535,1609265951,3299549788,293899512,2653495218,1899206412,104208455,1250502657,3990261588,1770806875,1348945654,1985638271,304471716,3658563838,3054462215,1159994473,915769405,3407996667,4277909594,697406592,916794205]

Below are the results of the original Hex Code after different rotations.

ROT1

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

ROT2

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

ROT3

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

ROT4

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

ROT5

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

ROT6

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

ROT7

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ROT8

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ROT9

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ROT10

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ROT11

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ROT12

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ROT13

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ROT14

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ROT15

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Other Information

• User:Dr_Horn created the page Tempus omnia revelant (Time reveals all) after the trail on this problem went cold. Stormseeker then updated the forum thread's original post, adding the text 'tempus omnia revelant'. This seems to confirm that the Wikia account for Dr Horn is indeed Stormseeker.
  • The title of the page, Time reveals all, has later been referenced by Stormseeker on at least two separate occasions, where he said that time will indeed reveal all (see quotes).
• Stormseeker later says on his Steam Profile:
  • "If it's about the ARG, I've not set up or had any sites setup for hacking, so no. There is an answer, but you can't brute force it, the CIA couldn't brute force it. Someone is already close."
• Stormseeker teased encryption may not be the right idea. "How do you know solving this has anything to do with encryption?"
  • Or maybe not
• Stormseeker referred to this code puzzle as "HALOS FILE" instead of "752 Hex Code", as the players had come to call it, when he administratively updated the original forum post on December 11, 2012 (after a forum user complained that it was not up to date), suggesting a possible link to the HALOS files mentioned in the decoded message in IRC clue 5.
• On December 10, 2012, Stormseeker edited/updated the first post of the forum thread (most likely in response to complaints that it was not up to date). Among the things he added was a bulleted list with the title "Handy Info":
  • Halos
  • BenallohPaillier
  • CongratulationsyouwonthePIZZA
  • BMRF.us (site down, due to unforseen circumstances)

  Given the fact that edit was done a month after the hex code puzzle was discovered, and two days before the arrival of the Tempus omnia revelant clue, it is possible that one or more of the items listed may be related to this puzzle.

• In a private chat with forum user faed in January, 2015, referring to this puzzle, Stormseeker said something to the effect of: "It is an encrypted message that is decryptable."
• The "BENALOHPAILLIER" password was first found in IRC clue 5. It was referenced again when Stormseeker included it in the "Handy Info" list he added to the original forum post, although with a slight misspelling. A third reference to this password was later found in the metadata of qecode.ogg (see Code C) in the Steam release of Black Mesa, which contained the following text:

  "Oh looky, Dr Horn has gone all open source. HALOS musn't see this, but the password to its area, is those two cryptographer peoples. I think you should get that ok. I'll be in Xen if you need me."

• The 21 into 1 clue is believed to be relevant to this puzzle.
• The phrase seek Code out he is watching, which was formed by italicized letters found on the Tempus omnia revelant page, could be a reference to a user named Code_, which was later confirmed to be a non player character created by the puppet master. A message sent from Code_ to forum user Gunsrequiem, where he details his theories regarding this puzzle, could therefore contain clues to this puzzle.

External Links

• Download code as a raw binary file.
• All 32,768 uppercase/lowercase permutations of "BENALOHPAILLIER".^{[dead link]}