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Re: solve a web puzzle, work for gchq?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Kane-Parry)
Sat Jan 15 20:52:14 2000
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:10:53 -0500
From: David Kane-Parry <dkp@simons-rock.edu>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
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In-Reply-To: <20000114211247.6972D41F16@SIGABA.research.att.com>; from Steven M. Bellovin on Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 04:12:42PM -0500
On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 04:12:42PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> The AP reports that GCHQ -- the British cryptologic agency -- has posted a
> puzzle on its Web site. If you can solve the puzzle (it's at
> http://www.gchq.gov.uk/challenge.html), they want to talk to you...
Its just a recruitment ploy. Their splash page reads:
You don't have to solve the puzzle to apply successfully to join GCHQ but if
you include the message in your application form, we would certainly be very
interested in talking to you.
The solution has been posted to slashdot.org, which reads:
WELLD
ONE!N
OWAPP
LYFOR
AJOB!
WELL DONE! NOW APPLY FOR A JOB!
- d.
