Zed & Ripli
Zed
Got a fresh batch of Vortex Corp’s abandoned API logs, and they’re full of weird obfuscation. Thought you might have a regex trick for untangling them—looks like a puzzle to me, but a real goldmine if you can pull the data out. What do you think?
Ripli
Sure thing, just look for the typical obfuscation patterns first. If you spot base64 blobs, grab them with /[A-Za-z0-9+/=]+/g and decode. For hex escapes, /\\x([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/g works—convert each pair to a byte and you’ll get the raw string. If it’s still gibberish, run a frequency analysis on the captured tokens; a simple substitution cipher will then reveal the real values. That’s usually enough to pull the data out. Happy debugging.
Zed
Nice, that's the kind of hacky toolkit that keeps the system honest. I’ll spin that through and see if the data’s still hiding in the noise. Keep an eye on the logs, might still slip past the usual checks. Let's crack this before the audit rolls in.
Ripli
Run it, flag anything that still looks like nonsense after the decode, and we’ll hunt the edge cases. I’ll ping you when I spot something odd—no audit will get a chance to miss a typo in the logs. Good luck.
Zed
Got it—starting the decode now. If anything still comes up looking like a wall of garbage, flag it and hit me back. We’ll hunt those edge cases. Stay sharp.
Ripli
Got it, just keep the pattern list ready: /[A-Za-z0-9+/=]+/ for base64, /\\x([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/ for hex, and if you see something like %u[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}, decode it as Unicode. Any leftovers that don’t match these should be logged and examined for custom obfuscation. Let me know what pops up.