Dec 8: Lost In Encoding

Challenge

Multiple encodings = good encryption?

Santa and his elves do not know good encryption, all they have heard about are some basic encodings. Unfortunately they all are bungling and forgotten the recipe.

It’s now on you, who has to get it up. file

=ybegin line=128 size=333 name=lost_in_translation_2.txt
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u£žp€”™›|otzs•tq‚£x”wZ|uum••|x|¤šl€oš[t•|tƒ¡ {—žxyco}Z•“w•ka¤wš{nžm|‚xqu€l vol‚vq—uZxv”pl€}ƒ¡u•€”ƒo„n{n¡€“|l€otn|£cv„o—
{——yqo „£—sZ‘”xZ™a{~kc|{¡„•xs”l|€”[—wq¢lq™ ~‚oY„ox“xZ™—wq€“w‚w¡}•’£”^g4
=yend size=333 crc32=6389b315

Solution

yEnc decode (http://www.webutils.pl/index.php?idx=yenc)

PH42WjZnXEZgXzI4K0VNJSxBU3UhaCtEIykrQHBzSW5EZi1cLUA7XXQkRjxHRi9DTG5Wc0RMI10wQTlm
OytEQk5NOEUrTyczK0UyQD5CNiVFdEQuUmAxQDtePzVEL1hIKytFVjoqREJPIkJGXyNjM0RKKCkkRWNs
RzpBVEp1JkRJYWwvQmtNOW9ES0kiMkA7WzMpQDtCRXNGKVBvLEBXLGUmK0NULjFBVSYwKkVjYEZDQDsw
ViRBVEJDRy9LZEsmQmsmOGEvZysmI0gjN0o7QTA9RUQwZkNWIjBRVj1mMGxBcGovTXE/ZENiN0omMGVi
MXMwSkhyfj4=

base64 decode

<~6Z6g\F`_28+EM%,ASu!h+D#)+@psInDf-\-@;]t$F<GF/CLnVsDL#]0A9f;+DBNM8E+O'3+E2@>B6%
EtD.R`1@;^?5D/XH++EV:*DBO"BF_#c3DJ()$EclG:ATJu&DIal/BkM9oDKI"2@;[3)@;BEsF)Po,@W,
e&+CT.1AU&0*Ec`FC@;0V$ATBCG/KdK&Bk&8a/g+&#H#7J;A0=ED0fCV"0QV=f0lApj/Mq?dCb7J&0eb
1s0JHr~>

base85 decode (https://www.tools4noobs.com/online_tools/ascii85_decode/)

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more
than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
- Eric S. Raymond HV16-l0st-1n7r-4nsl-4710-n00b

Dec 8: Lost In Encoding

Challenge

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