201504021845 318vp8
solved unencrypted manual
PRESSTHEBUTTON. Hex, Base64, hex, binary columns.
From the post to its content
As posted
4D7A417A4D444D77 4D7A417A4D444A45 4D7A417A4D444D77 4D6B517A4D444D77 4D7A417A4D444D77 4D7A417752444242 4D7A457A4D544D78 4D7A457A4D544A45 4D7A457A4D544D78 4D6B517A4D544D78 4D7A457A4D544D78 4D7A457752444242 4D7A417A4D444D77 4D7A417A4D444A45 4D7A417A4D444D77 4D6B517A4D444D77 4D7A417A4D444D77 4D7A417752444242 4D7A457A4D544D77 4D7A457A4D544A45 4D7A457A4D444D77 4D6B517A4D444D78 4D7A457A4D544D77 4D7A417752444242 4D7A417A4D444D77 4D7A417A4D444A45 4D7A417A4D544D77 4D6B517A4D444D77 4D7A417A4D444D78 4D7A457752444242 4D7A417A4D444D78 4D7A417A4D444A45 4D7A457A4D444D78 4D6B517A4D444D78 4D7A457A4D544D78 4D7A457752444242 4D7A417A4D544D77 4D7A457A4D544A45 4D7A417A4D444D77 4D6B517A4D544D77 4D7A417A4D444D78 4D7A457752444242 4D7A417A4D444D78 4D7A457A4D544A45 4D7A417A4D444D78 4D6B517A4D444D78 4D7A417A4D444D78 4D7A413D
Other archived version (the post was edited)
0000000000000000
- Decode. Each pair of hex characters is one byte; decoding them gives the text below.
Decoded from hex (layer 1 of 3)
MzAzMDMwMzAzMDJEMzAzMDMwMkQzMDMwMzAzMDMwMzAwRDBBMzEzMTMxMzEzMTJEMzEzMTMxMkQzMTMxMzEzMTMxMzEwRDBBMzAzMDMwMzAzMDJEMzAzMDMwMkQzMDMwMzAzMDMwMzAwRDBBMzEzMTMwMzEzMTJEMzEzMDMwMkQzMDMxMzEzMTMwMzAwRDBBMzAzMDMwMzAzMDJEMzAzMTMwMkQzMDMwMzAzMDMxMzEwRDBBMzAzMDMxMzAzMDJEMzEzMDMxMkQzMDMxMzEzMTMxMzEwRDBBMzAzMTMwMzEzMTJEMzAzMDMwMkQzMTMwMzAzMDMxMzEwRDBBMzAzMDMxMzEzMTJEMzAzMDMxMkQzMDMxMzAzMDMxMzA=
- Decode. Decoding the Base64 gives the text below.
Decoded from Base64 (layer 2 of 3)
30303030302D3030302D3030303030300D0A31313131312D3131312D3131313131310D0A30303030302D3030302D3030303030300D0A31313031312D3130302D3031313130300D0A30303030302D3031302D3030303031310D0A30303130302D3130312D3031313131310D0A30313031312D3030302D3130303031310D0A30303131312D3030312D303130303130
- Decode. Each pair of hex characters is one byte; decoding them gives the text below.
Decoded from hex (layer 3 of 3)
00000-000-000000 11111-111-111111 00000-000-000000 11011-100-011100 00000-010-000011 00100-101-011111 01011-000-100011 00111-001-010010
Explanation
201504021845 — press the button
Status: verified against the archived post.
Transformation:
- Remove whitespace and hex-decode to Base64.
- Base64-decode to another hexadecimal string.
- Hex-decode to eight rows of binary digits, with separator columns.
- Read each all-binary column as an 8-bit character.
The result is:
PRESSTHEBUTTON
Solution summary
- Method
- hex, Base64, hex, binary columns
- Result
- PRESSTHEBUTTON
- Explanation
- Verified
- Re-checked
- hex -> Base64 -> hex -> binary columns