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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX-1 is to be kept in a secure locker in storage area-██ at Site-15. SCP-XXXX-2 may be kept in the same locker in a floppy disk or in on-site backup. SCP-XXXX-1 is to be surrounded by 3 meters of concrete and connected to SSH Server-███ via a 20 meter heat resistant serial cable. Under no circumstances may any copy of SCP-XXXX-2 be held within 10 meters of SCP-XXXX-1 for longer than 24 hours (see incident log XXXX-19)
Usage of SCP-XXXX is encouraged and can be accessed via SSH, hostname: ████████████████ password on rotation (see Dr. █████ for current password)
Description: SCP-XXXX-1 is a hardware random number generator enclosed within a 3 by 12 by 27 cm black plastic box. When connected to a computer running a UNIX based operating system, SCP-XXXX-1 will generate a constant stream of random numbers, analysis of which reveals SCP-XXXX-1 uses a low quality source of entropy. There are biases toward long runs of the same bit and frequent bursts of the sequences 0x68 0x65 0x4C 0x4C 0x6F 0x3F and 0x6D 0x6F 0x54 0x48 0x65 0x72 0x3F. Furthermore, SCP-XXXX-1 fails, among other things, the chi-squared test, McNemar's test, Cochran's Q test and the MMRCLO line comparison test. In short, SCP-XXXX-1 is cryptographically insecure and is to be used only in conjunction with SCP-XXXX-2.
SCP-XXXX-2 is a small text-based UNIX program discovered on a floppy disk in the home of ██████ ████ (see SCP-XXXX acquisition summary.) When run on a computer without SCP-XXXX-1 connected, the program closes with exit status 6 (No such device.) If SCP-XXXX-1 is connected, SCP-XXXX-2 will return the following text:
Missing argument 0
Usage: ████████ [options ...] file [options ...] description1 [options ...] description2
File settings:
-b parse as a binary file
-a parse as an ASCII file
-u parse as a UTF-8 file
-A automatically decide parse schema (DEFAULT)
Description settings:
-a parse as ASCII
-u parse as UTF-8
-A automatically decide parse schema (DEFAULT)
When a file path, a description of the file's contents and a description of the desired output are used as command line arguments, SCP-XXXX-1's temperature will increase from 0 to ████ degrees Celsius depending on the "difficulty" of the current "job" and stay at this temperature for exactly 4.13 minutes. After this period, SCP-XXXX-2 will print the contents of the new, "translated" file to the screen. Once a pair of descriptions has been "burned" into SCP-XXXX-1, it will translate files of the same type almost instantly. See experiment log XXXX-01 for more details.
SCP-XXXX-1 is completely immune to heat, but not to dropping or crushing. SCP-XXXX-1 should be handled with care.
As of this writing, SCP-XXXX has shown the ability to translate human languages to other languages, compile/interpret programming languages to other languages, decipher AES keys from encrypted sequences, reverse MD5 and SHA family hashes, and translate the ██████████████ on SCP-███.
Experiment Log XXXX-01: Experiments on SCP-XXXX were conducted on 02/25/199█ at Site-██ directly following acquisition and were overseen by Dr. █████.
File Path: hello_world.txt
File Contents: the phrase "hello world!"
Source Description: "English Language"
Destination Description: "French Language"
Result: "bonjour monde!"
Notes: SCP-XXXX-1 heated to 31 degrees Celsius for 4.13 minutes.
File Path: bonjour_monde.txt
File Contents: the phrase "bonjour monde!"
Source Description: "French Language"
Destination Description: "English Language"
Result: "hello world"
Notes: SCP-XXXX-1 did not change in temperature but still took 4.13 minutes to return.
File Path: hello_world.txt
File Contents: the phrase "hello world!"
Source Description: "English Language"
Destination Description: "French Language"
Result: "allo terre!"
Notes: SCP-XXXX-2 returned the text with no delay.
The previous two tests were repeated several times with different files, contents ranging from simple sentences to entire books. Each time SCP-XXXX-2 returned correctly translated text with no delay.
File Path: hello_world.cpp
File Contents: A binary search algorithm
Source Description: "C++ Source File"
Destination Description: "Python Source File"
Result: Perfectly "translated" python version of the binary search algorithm, including a bug that was neglected in the source file.
Notes: SCP-XXXX-1 hit 106 degrees Celsius after 2 minutes and fluctuated between 100 and 110 for the remainder of the 4.13 minutes.
File Path: blue_marble.jpg
File Contents: A picture of the earth taken by the crew of Apollo 17
Source Description: "JPEG Image"
Destination Description: "PNG Image"
Result: PNG version of the source image.
Notes: SCP-XXXX-1 maintained a heat of 54 C for the entire "burning in" period.
File Path: blue_marble.jpg
File Contents: A picture of the earth taken by the crew of Apollo 17
Source Description: "JPEG image"
Destination Description: "English Language"
Result: Description of image
Notes: SCP-XXXX-1 slowly pulsed between 100 C and 22 C. Result described as "poetic" by a researcher, yet making several references to "the fire."
Interesting, further tests experimenting with cross-media translation is advised - Dr. █████
File Path: sha1.txt
File Contents: The SHA-1 hash of the phrase "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"
Source Description: A short summary of the SHA-1 algorithm
Destination Description: "Plaintext"
Result: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Notes: After 3.89 minutes of inactivity, SCP-XXXX-1 quickly heated up to ███ degrees Celsius and began to melt parts of the host computer for the remainder of the period, causing the serial port to malfunction. SCP-XXXX-2 returned a ██ line ██████████ that appeared to be begging █████████████.
At this point Researcher ██████ asked for experimentation to be concluded. Dr. █████ declined and Researcher ██████ was relieved from testing.
File Path: sha1.txt
File Contents: The SHA-1 hash of the phrase "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"
Source Description: A short summary of the SHA-1 algorithm
Destination Description: "Plaintext"
Result: "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"
Notes: SCP-XXXX 1 and 2 were moved to a new computer with SCP-XXXX-1 connected to the host via a long, heat resistant serial cable. Result was generated with no delay.
File Path: sha1.txt
File Contents: The SHA-1 hash of the book "The Little Prince"
Source Description: A short summary of the SHA-1 algorithm
Destination Description: "Plaintext"
Result: A series of seemingly random characters
Notes: Although the result didn't match the real source of the input, the SHA-1 hash of the result was the same as the input file.
File Path: aes_test.txt
File Contents: Encrypted version of "The Little Prince" using a randomly generated list of numbers for the key.
Source Description: A short summary of the Advanced Encryption Standard
Destination Description: "the key"
Result: None
Notes: For the entire period SCP-XXXX-1 remained at ████ C, hotter than █████████████████████████. The host computer and all personnel were evacuated from the room and blast doors were closed, severing the heat resistant cable and causing SCP-XXXX-2 to terminate with exit code 5 (I/O Error.) SCP-XXXX-1 stayed active for the entire 4.13 minute period despite having no power. At the end of the period, the interior of the room was burned in the shape of a fetus centred around SCP-XXXX-1. The other end of the heat resistant cable was not recovered.
File Path: aes_test.txt
File Contents: Encrypted version of "The Little Prince" using a randomly generated list of numbers for the key.
Source Description: A short summary of the Advanced Encryption Standard
Destination Description: "the key"
Result: a list of numbers
Notes: SCP-XXXX-2 returned with no delay. AES key was correct.
Dr. █████ was reprimanded for not seeking approval for this test.
SCP-XXXX Acquisition summary: Following reports about a woman "giving birth to nothing" at ████████ Hospital in ████████, ████, Agent ███████ was dispatched to find ██████ ████ - a local freelance technician - suffering from contractions and vaginal dilation despite a complete lack of abdomen expansion. An emergency ultrasound revealed an unnaturally dense, rectangular growth (SCP-XXXX-1) in her uterus that she passed after 4 hours in "labour." ██████ didn't survive the ordeal due to extreme blood loss from [DATA EXPUNGED] to the uterus lining. SCP-XXXX-1 was cleaned and taken to Site-██ for processing. All personnel involved were administered class A amnesiacs and a cover story was placed.
During a sweep of ██████'s home following the retrieval of SCP-XXXX-1, Agent ███████ found her personal computer running the "shred" command on all the files in it's drive. Agent ███████ killed the job when it was 91% complete, leaving 80% of an AES encrypted e-mail archive and 8% of what appears to be the source file for SCP-XXXX-2. On the desk of the computer was a 2-inch floppy disk found to contain the final, compiled version of SCP-XXXX-2.
Access to these files require Dr. █████'s approval. Excerpts of the SCP-XXXX decrypted e-mail archive are available here.
Incident Log XXXX-19: On 02/31/199█ storage site guards complained about the sound of "gurgling" emanating from SCP-XXXX's storage locker. Upon opening the locker 5-6 litres an unknown, viscous fluid poured out. SCP-XXXX 1 and 2 were not damaged. The locker was cleaned and the containment procedure was updated. A sample of the fluid was collected and testing showed it was a mix of amniotic fluid, breast milk, female ejaculation and cerebrospinal fluid.
