Re: [Hampshire] obfuscated code

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Author: Hugo Mills
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] obfuscated code

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x576dc100.hantslug.org.uk.30110': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Sun Mar 13 17:19:50 2011 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 20ACB3BE515C238D
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 05:16:42PM +0000, John Lewis wrote:
> One bit of the Kingsclere History website is a list of surnames people
> have an interest in and contact addresses for other people to use but
> the email addresses are encrypted.
>
> part of the html code looks like this:
>
> <td><p class="bodytext">HAYWARD</td>
>     <td><p class="bodytext"><a
> href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#106;&#111;&#121;&#115;&#103;&#101;&#110;&#101;&#97;&#64;&#115;&#104;&#97;&#119;&#46;&#99;&#97;&#46;">&#74;&#111;&#121;&#32;&#70;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#99;&#104;</a><br><a
> href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#66;&#97;&#114;&#98;&#97;&#114;&#97;&#77;&#97;&#108;&#108;&#121;&#111;&#110;&#64;&#108;&#101;&#119;&#109;&#97;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#46;&#117;&#107;">&#66;&#97;&#114;&#98;&#97;&#114;&#97;&#32;&#77;&#97;&#108;&#108;&#121;&#111;&#110;</a></td> 

>
> I don't know what software was used to set it up, probably some windows
> based gui website design tool.
>
> Does anyone have a clue as to how I can decode the page so I can edit?
> it. The original webmaster is unavailable for the moment so cannot ask
> what software he used.


They're ASCII codes (actually, probably UTF-8, but since there's
nothing over 127, it's much the same thing). You can either decode
manually (for small quantities), or view in a web browser and
cut-and-paste the resulting characters.

Hugo.

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