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by k8tte 3959 days ago
I'm confused by the "WFST HDXE HGY BNK BAWH QJG PSOR WNFATG IDDW OQUHVNKINGCY GQG CTUK." vigenere cipher.

if decoded with "LASTORY", i get "lfaatmzthofnwmqaeocsieswyiwhptoppmydqcohwmxnojkpsvcbbw."

how did they come up with "WELL DONE GET THE BLUE KEY PASS PHRASE FROM OPPENHEIMERS BIG BANG."

http://www.cs.du.edu/~snarayan/crypt/vigenere.html

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Try http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/vigenere-keyed.php and enter LASTORY as both alphabet key and passphrase!
thanks!
using "LASTORYBCDEFGHIJKMNPQUVWXZ" as alphabet yields "xkaajeskmkddnkhavkqkgtbcctnfbcklferettksnkorkfchomhbsm."