Tags: crypto
Rating: 2.0
# Challenge: Vinegar
- **Category:** Crypto
- **Points:** 100
## Challenge Description:
Can you decode this message?
The challenge provides an encrypted flag and a key:
- **Encrypted flag:** `nmivrxbiaatjvvbcjsf`
- **Key:** `secretkey`
We are tasked with decoding the encrypted message to reveal the flag.
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## Solution:
This challenge uses the **Vigenère cipher**, a method of encrypting alphabetic text by using a simple form of polyalphabetic substitution.
- Search online for Vigenere cipher decoder and input the enc flag and the key
- ![Vigenere cipher](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9bdb7134-610b-4f2a-a220-cce1449d0c87)
**Result:**
- The decrypted message is: **`vigenerecipherisfun`**.
## Flag:
The flag is: n00bz{vigenerecipherisfun}
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