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interencdec
PicoCTF Cryptography [Easy]Easy

interencdec

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Challenge Description

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Solution and Analysis

We are given a file to be downloaded, which can be done by the wget command as shown

└─$ wget https://artifacts.picoctf.net/c_titan/1/enc_flag

To view the content of the flag simply use the cat command

└─$ cat enc_flag   
YidkM0JxZGtwQlRYdHFhR3g2YUhsZmF6TnFlVGwzWVROclgyeG9OakJzTURCcGZRPT0nCg==                                                                            

It seems like the flag is encoded using base 64, to decode this we can use online tools one such is https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

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The decoded text is also in the form of base64 but remove the ' and the letter b as well or else it wont decode correctly

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The resulting text seems to be encrypted using caesar cipher, to decrypt it we can use online tools, one such is https://www.dcode.fr/caesar-cipher

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Submit the flag to complete the challenge!