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Unknown Encoding: Seeking For Correct Decoding Algorithm That Results in Human-Readable Words

I’m currently stuck at identifying an encoding, that produces text like the following examples:

ZEtRGWn*b!ZU

dT(!MZ*F-

b#8KXX>Mg?

Does anyone have an idea of what that encoding could be?

Thanks in advance!

I already tried to decode these strings on websites like https://dencode.com/ and http://fbcs.bplaced.net/multi_encoder_decoder.html. Unfortunately, none of them gave me reasonable results.

I expect the decoded strings to be human readable, english words or

Solution

  • I solved it: The encoding was base85. Unfortunately, not all of the available base85-Decoders were able to decode the strings. In the end, I did it with basecrack, a python package for cracking various base encodings.

    You can find out more about that here: