Its been a while since ive played OF, its worth noting it, but i dont think it plays any part at all. though with all the Military links to things i wouldnt put it past them.
In that article they first explain the Benaloh Cryptosystem, but they explain the link with all the other related cryptos (including Pallier):
Then they say that Naccache-Stern cryptosystem is an improvement on Benaloh (Benaloh is actually a special case with k = 1)
Then they say that Okamoto-Uchiyama cryptosystem improves the previous cryptosystems further.
Then they say that Paillier cryptosystem is an improvement on the Okamoto-Uchiyama cryptosystem.
Then they say that DamgÄrd-Jurik cryptosystem is a generalization on the Pallier cryptosystem (Pallier is a special case of the DamgÄrd-Jurik cryptosystem when s = 1)
Dont know what to make out of it⊠time to sleep now! 
I use OpenSSL and Jcryptool/Cryptool 2.
https://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html - OpenSSL is really difficult to use because it has no gui and little to no documentation/guides.
https://www.cryptool.org/en/download-jct-en - Jcryptool is my favorite gui, but it doesnât have support for things like DES. They plan on adding that in the future.
https://www.cryptool.org/en/download-ct2-en - Cryptool 2 is something I only use if Jcryptool doesnât support something (like DES) and I donât feel like typing out commands in SSL.
âArenât you aloneâ is a line Nihilanth says.
âcongratulationsyouwonthePIZZAâ is 29 bytes, but I canât help but feel itâs related somehow.
Was the capitalization of âPIZZAâ a part of the solution?
Edit: I checked the wiki. The cipher used ASCII characters, so the capitalization is intentional. Curious, considering the suspected encryption of the 752 hex code requires a case sensitive password.
Oh, my counting must have been off.
Iâve been going through the 80s and 90s pages and one post caught my attention. It lead me to a thought that maybe the Hex code is just a piece of the whole. Maybe we have to combine it with previous encryptions to make a larger piece?
Has the âLocal Desert Singlesâ webpage been determined to be/not to be part of the ARG? I checked the Source code for it, and found a message reading âDonât click strange links! Not even for rocket launchers.â
It might be nothing, or it might have already been discussed, but I thought Iâd mention it anyway.
Yes it is part of the ARG. There is currently no wiki page on the subject, but normally I would link you to it 
Edit: So the forum got an update.
The whiteboard says Cascade Cypher and states AES | 2F (probally Twofish) | SP (probally Serpent)
now i know nothing about how to cascade a cypher, but af far as i could find for now it means you have to run the output of one cypher through an other cypher
So my best gues is we realy need to use AES > TwoFish > Serpent (it seems to be a commen way to encrypt harddisk data
if three different cyphers are used. they can each be used with a different password,
for example the first cypher could be run BENALOH and the second with PAILLIER and the third could be run with PIZZA
as all three word where written in capital case
or they could all use the same password
Has anyone realised that going onto forums.kxbm.net does not do the usual redirect, but instead says that you dont have access to the page
Going to asdadasdadasd.kxbm.net doesnât redirect me either so I donât think that has anything to do with it.
Yes but forums.kxbm.net essentially states that you dont have permission to access the server, the others say that the page doesnt exist at all
Really? For me itâs just the normal doesnât exist page. Iâm using Chrome btw(if that is the problem^^)
I use chrome too. Does it not redirect you to a different page that replaces the url bar with like an ip address?
Are people still looking for 16bit keys? Maybe try 1001085139140914 , which is the password to drhornâs account on stormâs website
Its possible but with it being used as the password to access the off game content, and directly give us access to Halos.txt (prior to it being decoded) i say no its probably not that.
Iâve taken some time to look into the underlying story of the ARG, seeing as it is something Storm has repeatedly told us to do. While reviewing the clues we have been given, as well as the current established theories, a few points stuck out.
First, there is the connection between HALOS, Niobium, and pizzas. The first time all three were mentioned in a single clue was in the âTempus Omnia Revelantâ page, posted after the trail went cold on the HALOS file.
There is a long-standing that Niobium was being smuggled in on pizzas and used to build an AI called HALOS. While this would explain the large portion of the budget being spent on pizza, it doesnât explain why the Niobium was being smuggled in the first place. The use of Niobium in the construction of an AI is established in whiteboard c0a1x_labboard_am1. However, from the same whiteboard, it can be inferred that Dr. Montero, often noted as an administrator, was aware that Dr. Bottomley was in possession of Niobium. Why, then, were measures being taken to smuggle it in?
My theory is that the Niobium was initially being used in the development of the Tau Cannon. After all, the usage of Nb alloys as a superconductor is often linked to its use in particle accelerators. This would explain why Dr. Montero was aware of its presence in the Biodome. However, if Nb can also be used in an AI, and Dr. Horn and Dr. Bottomley were secretly using for this purpose, they would need a way to smuggle in additional Nb so as to avoid detection. This is why they used pizzas. A stockpile of pizzas, while strange, would seem much more innocent than a stockpileâor worse, unexplained disappearancesâof an element often used in jet engines (see C-103 alloy) and currently being used in the Tau Cannon, the destructive power of which we are all familiar with.
This theory doesnât replace the long-standing one, but rather acts to fill on some of the gaps, and make use of the clues which have been provided.
Second, understanding the significance of the pizzas, what is the implication of their theft by Dr. Stone and Dr. Welsh? Whiteboard c2a4x_labboard1 already shows Dr. Hornâs frustration regarding one of the security guards taking and eating the pizzas. This is understandable, because it would mean that more pizzas would have to be ordered to replace the Niobium. But consider what would happen if someone made a concentrated effort to steal and hide as many pizzas as possible. Recall that the events of Half-Life 1 take place in May, while the diary entry from Dr. Welsh mentioning the plan to steal the pizzas is dated in either September or October, depending on what format was used for the date. Since we are still able to find countless pizzas scattered throughout the facility, and the large contribution of pizza orders to the Biodome budget, as well as their continued theft (see whiteboard c2a4x_labboard15). is still being seen as an issue, it would appear that this has been going on for several monthsâalmost a year, in fact.
If something about the previous statement seems strange, that is because it should. According to the evidence presented above, Dr. Horn had been continuing to smuggle in Niobium using pizzas right up to the events of HL1. However, this seems to contradict IRC clues 2 and 3, which points to the recovery of Niobium at Holloman Air Force Base, and the subsequent continuation of project HALOS thereafter. I have several theories regarding this, but they are mostly speculation.
The whole thing behind the pizzaâs is that funding towards the pizzaâs was going towards the buying of the niobium, and that it was getting transferred in. I dont think it was smuggled in with the pizzaâs so much to say it was in the box, more that the pizzaâs allowance in the budget was going wards it.
Theres also no link to Niobium being used on the Tau Cannon, or being part of its construction as the Tau Cannon was part of the original game, and its just been modified in terms of a game play mechanic.
Also the Niobium etc is actually taken from a series called Bugs, where a Dr Marcel is using Niobium to help create a AI called Cyberax.
Maybe in the 752 hex code or somewhere else is something hidden like the Niobium in the pizzas. What if thats the clue we need to find ?
=> The hex code is the pizza, like someone earlier said Steganography, and we dont need the whole Hex code but only a part of it (the Niobium).
That was the whole point behind my February 24th post: