Re: [Hampshire] obfuscated code

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Author: Martin A. Brooks
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] obfuscated code
On Sun, March 13, 2011 17:16, 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.


....


> 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.


That's not encryption, it's mild obfuscation :) Here's a bit of dirty
perl to get you started....


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#!/usr/bin/perl

$s='mailto:joysgenea@shaw.ca.">Joy French';
$s=~s/&#//g;
@c=split/;/,$s;

foreach (@c){ print chr($_); }
print "\n";
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