Comments on: The hidden code in U.S. Cyber Command logo â€“ Finally cracked!

By: Aaron Toponce

Aaron Toponce — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:33:04 +0000

@Jason Your understanding of hashing algorithms is disappointing.

“There is no way to go from the hex code to the original text.”

Wrong. MD5 and other hashing algorithms are 1:1 functions, which means that an inverse function exists. The point of the algorithm is to make it highly improbable to find. However, the goal of many cryptanalysists is to find that inverse function, and render the cryptographic algorithm meaningless.

By: SEO Essex

SEO Essex — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:53:23 +0000

Even though it was easily figured out, which I believe was done on purpose, I think it was a pretty clever idea. It gives Cybercom a sense of intelligence, that they know exactly what they are doing.

By: Fiona Flowers

Fiona Flowers — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:50:34 +0000

I can read this without the trans, it’s simple, all read to one! Altogether now, everybody read to one, that’s right, just like a Government Agency would say: in fact what most of the Internet would like to fight, no wonder they want to be the commando uno numero.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:39:10 +0000

It has exactly nothing at all to do with scripting languages. As far as being easy to identify – that was part of the point – I’m sure that has was intended to be discovered and then to be known to a small subset of the populace – an inside joke. And it’s not encrypted, it’s hashed. There is no way to go from the hex code to the original text. An encryption you can’t decrypt is useless, so hashing is *absolutely not* encrypting.

By: Shovan

Shovan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:45:00 +0000

pretty clever

By: Arvin Bautista

Arvin Bautista — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:23:26 +0000

I think it’s more telling that a government agency would put an encrypted code that would be so easy to figure out… just goes to show how powerful the collective knowledge of the internet is, and how utterly monumental the task of policing it would be.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:20:38 +0000

I think it was pretty clever, because it shows Cybercom’s awareness of scripting languages and computer algorithms. The hexadecimal figures also add to the aesthetic of the seal, looking like notches or bevels along the crest.

By: Boomshadow...Mike Boomshadow

Boomshadow...Mike Boomshadow — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:15:39 +0000

Yes, it was clever. It’s like putting a “Welcome” sign in Latin over the door to a Latin language club at a school. It’s a bit parochial, but fun.