DISCLAMER & CITATIONS: J. R. R. Tolken is dead, but he was the one who wrote LOTR so he gets his credit. Darken Rahl is my idea. Marutukku is a program written by the founder of Wikileaks. This writing is protected under Fair Use. Don't like it? TOO BAD, IT'S THE LAW!

FUN FACT: LOTR used to be Public Domain before the Tolken family sued to get it back under copyright. Tragic tale to be honest. *And I thought humans were above this type of petty squabbling. But it seems when monies are involved, culture takes a back seat. Hopefully they are donating to charity like J. K. Rowling is.*

The Technomancer Warrior Darken Rahl has installed the finished Marutukku File System on a computer. The Middle Earth Crypto Munitions Bureau wants to know how effective it will be in the field and asked on their ciphercat operations wiki that a field test be carried out. So Darken Rahl sent the elf prince Legolas out to test the system. He has provided him with a laptop with Marutukku installed on it and encrypted a cache of low level intelligence on it along with Legolas' personal non essential files. He is expecting the test to work perfectly.

This Cryptographically Deniable File System is designed to be resistant to Rubberhose Cryptanalysis, another word for having the keys scraped from their very mouths and other appendages through torture. It is designed so that talking is useless because it would not be possible to tell if you talked or not. All of the classified information at the SECRET all the way up to TOP SECRET SCI is protected by Marutukku. All technomancer operatives must use this to store classified information on personal computers.

In short the entire disk is filled with quantum random data and then the actual data is encrypted and fragmented in their own aspect which is spread evenly across the disk. The Polymorphic Engine is designed to mutate and scramble the fragmented aspects over a random time variant to make surface analysis attacks impossible. Further security measures ensure that the data is not compromised.

So in theory it should not be possible for the orcs nor Legolas himself to determine if he has revealed all of the keys to the disk because of the fact that the scrambled blocks of encrypted data are hidden among random computer garbage. So it should matter not what form of torture that he is subjected to, the intelligence should remain secure and as he continues to reveal keys to non essential files the claim that there are no more keys becomes more valid.

The way the system is also set up is designed to reveal nothing about the disk itself. Each aspect has no information about the others except where to avoid overriding other aspects. The mapping of each aspect is self contained inside itself. However Darken Rahl added an extra layer of security around the Master Key. A security virus that is designed to completely shred the entire disk and file system when the key itself is used to decrypt the disk by a user or attacker.

Weather it be leather whips, daggers, swords, brands, or the rack extraction of information should not be possible.

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WAR10CK: Alright I have the Marutukku field test underway.

ELFhash: How is this going to work?

WAR10CK: I sent Legolas to Rivendell to deliver a cache of intelligence to our technomancer asset there. He was given a laptop that he has had for a while now and I helped him install the file system onto it. The intelligence cache has been placed in its own aspect and encrypted.

SabuSaber: Surely there are some other files on the computer that can be used as decoys right? The whole idea of Marutukku is that the classified data can remain safely hidden under duress.

WAR10CK: He has all of his non essential personal files in another aspect along with general computer work files in yet another aspect. Finally he has is entertainment and gaming files in a forth aspect. So he should not have to worry about risking the classified aspect.

ELFhash: Exactly how is he going to test the cryptographic deniability of the system?

CipherCat: Yeah cuz I highly doubt that there are alot of places or people that will use rubberhose attacks to test systems.

WAR10CK: Oh none of us or anyone we know are going to run the test. The orcs that capture him are going to do that part.

SwordMastr: Captured?

WAR10CK: Yes. You see neither he nor anyone who has connections to him know that this is actually a field test. They just think his going to deliver some information to some allies in Rivendell.

SabuSaber: And...

WAR10CK: I accidentally let it slip that Legolas might be delivering some valuable information regarding the orc's master but that I am not sure about it. They should intercept him and drag them down to the black pits black site and have him interrogated. But because of how the FS works those orcs should not be able to prove that there is even encrypted data on this disk.

Konec: They do have some resident technomancers that will analyze the disk for encrypted data. Most likely they will be able to tell that the system is using the program.

WAR10CK: What? Those dumb orcs? They lack even the most basic cryptography skills and their technomancers are stupid! There is no way that they can tell anything.

MirkMoar: You realize that he could die from the torture. That would certainly invoke someone's wrath.

WAR10CK: Don't worry. I am confident that he will make it through the ordeal alive. Besides he is bound to be rescued sooner or later after capture usually days afterwards.

CryptoLocker: Why Legolas?

WAR10CK: Because he has been through much more torture than I have. Believe me I know. Not to mention I am too well known to them to conduct an actual field test with me as the test subject.

Konec: Oh ok.

MirkMoar: You realize this is wrong on so many levels! You are sending an unsuspecting young elf and a noble at that to be tortured half to death in the most depraved and terrible conditions for something that he will never understand.

WAR10CK: Yes I admit that I am but it is necessary for the war against Suaron and his evil plans. Once he can prove that this system works then we can have it approved for field use.

ELFhash: But still surely there is another way besides this right? I mean think about it. How would you like to be essentially handed over to people who will torture you in the most unspeakable of ways without really knowing the true reason for your suffering and possible death?

WAR10CK: I am not going to answer that. Look your derailing tactics are not going to work on me or anyone else here.

ELFhash was kicked from #CipherCat by SabuSaber for the following reason: DERAILING ATTEMPT.

CipherCat: I agree this is not the time to be discussing morality!

ELFhash: I am just saying that you are being very dishonest and rather cruel too.

WAR10CK: Too bad. Life is cruel on Middle Earth. DEAL WITH IT! Besides it is not like I expect him to die with his secrets. He is going to be rescued or escape like usual when he gets captured. It is just that there is a chance that he might not survive. There is a big difference between there being a chance of death and actually dying.

WAR10CK: Also before you say it, yes he might not make it back in one piece and there might be severe and crippling injuries and mutilation. But both the Biomancers and Technomancers have perfected an advanced regeneration technology that is far beyond the capabilities of your healers. If he is maimed in anyway we can repair him.

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TECHNOMANCER ENCRYPTED DATA DECODED KHAZAD-128 CBC

Darken Rahl Personal Log No. 12.915.1

So I sent Legolas over to Rivendell to deliver some intelligence on a laptop that is encrypted with the Rubberhose Proof File System Marutukku. I sent him there because according to the satellite grid there is a contingent of orcs that work for someone in the Mordor Sector. He knows all the keys to the information in the laptop because it is his computer.

Why am I not warning him of the orcs? Because I want him to get captured for interrogation to test the effectiveness of Marutukku. He does not know that this is a field test and that the intelligence is sensitive but unclassified. He only knows what keys hold the intelligence and that those are the keys that must remain hidden. I am too resistant to their type of interrogation and they know me too well.

I made sure that Legolas knows exactly how the Marutukku System works and how it intentionally negates the option to cooperate or "talk". I also made sure that he knows exactly what Rubberhose Cryptanalysis is as well. I told him that this system should ensure that any information that must be delivered to anyone remains secure even from people who would be cowardly enough to choose talking.

Aragorn has been sent to accompany him in the journey but even he does not know that this is a field test because that would potentially compromise the integrity of it. In fact only I and a few other technomancers know that this is actually a field test of a new secure file system. I am keeping Legolas' family and friends out of the loop for fear of compromising the field test. No one else on Middle Earth knows what this delivery is really for.

After all I am pretty sure that no one would knowingly or willingly allow Legolas to be captured and tortured to test the effectiveness of a program. There is a chance that he may be severely crippled and even tortured to death by the orcs but I confidant that he will survive and if he is maimed then he can be repaired. But most likely he will be rescued or escape before it gets to that point. -