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Hello.I found some kind of hidden message on an IT site, I think it's supposed to be something like a hidden quest written in machine code,however I can't figure out where to begin.It's a text written in 1's and 0's.Can you give suggestions of an algorithm that might decode it?(I don't think binary conversion to decimal is the way to go since i think it's a text)

http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php

Try this.

Try a binary-to-ASCII converter. ;)

EDIT: Too late. :(

Thanks.I must be doing something wrong though,since
Z•ïÍ€öºØéõ—` etc...
isn't what I was expecting.

Knotthole Glade;13170482']Z•ïÍ€öºØéõ—�`

a code wrapped in a mystery, moneys on some kind of symbol font being used

Knotthole Glade;13170482']Thanks.I must be doing something wrong though,since
Z•ïÍ€öºØéõ—�` etc...
isn't what I was expecting.
It might be encrypted in addition to its encoding, so you'll need to do some sort of decryption process on it.

Point 1) Text is represented in binary by either a 7-bit ASCII (with a 0 at the front as standard to make it an 8-bit value) or a 16-bit Unicode value (where the Unicode encoding includes a broader range of characters such as mathematical symbols). Assuming we're using an English language text, you can identify ASCII lowercase letters as being of the form 011xxxxx, uppercase as 010xxxxx and numerical characters as 0011xxxx

Point 2) Often with these decryption puzzles you have a short yet reversible padding function that is repeated over the whole block, such as the XOR operation on binary digits, designed to confuse things. Sometimes the simplest way to beat an unknown binary coding technique is just to brute-force it with a repeated XOR over an increasing hash code length; that is, to pick a binary number and apply the XOR of it with the next section of the encrypted string of the appropriate length, increasing the value and then the length of the hash code if it doesn't work. This is hard to do by hand, because it takes ages to guarantee a result, but a machine can do it quite quickly as long as the hash code isn't too long and it knows when to stop running.

Point 3) Designers often like to make both their message and hash codes some sort of sensible phrase. If you are required to do it by hand, you're best assuming that your hash code is going to be either a short number or some sort of character string and working on that assumption.

Point 4) Remember that if any character you get in a decoding does not fall within the bounds of alphanumeric characters or punctuation, you can discard the entire decoding attempt for that hash code, and you can move on straight away to the next one.

Good luck!

If you give us a link to the code we mite be able to help?

Oh, you're all chasing shadows.
It says "So dark the con of man"
:rolleyes:

It better not be one of those messages where when you read it, a curse is put on you and then have to fend of mummy hordes and save the earth starring Brendan Fraser.

Click Stand;13172604']It better not be one of those messages where when you read it, a curse is put on you and then have to fend of mummy hordes and save the earth starring Brendan Fraser.

More Rachel, less Brendan.
Mm-hmmm.

More Rachel, less Brendan.
Mm-hmmm.

Seconded.

More Rachel, less Brendan.
Mm-hmmm.

I went to see snappy one-liners not some hot chick. If I wanted that I have the internet.

Knotthole Glade;13170468']Hello.I found some kind of hidden message on an IT site, I think it's supposed to be something like a hidden quest written in machine code,however I can't figure out where to begin.It's a text written in 1's and 0's.Can you give suggestions of an algorithm that might decode it?(I don't think binary conversion to decimal is the way to go since i think it's a text)

Be honest, you're trying to lift a free login and password for a porn site, aren't you?

Click Stand;13172675']I went to see snappy one-liners not some hot chick. If I wanted that I have the internet.
Yeah, and that same internet brought you .... here.

...what was that about snappy one-liners?
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Be honest, you're trying to lift a free login and password for a porn site, aren't you?

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