Re: [Solution] The lost key (Chris, do not read! :-)

Marcel Logen in sci.crypt:

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The ciphertext is a decimal number which has to be transformed
(as Richard wrote here, too, some weeks ago, IIRC) to a 16-bit
or 256-bit coded plaintext.

Sorry, a correction:

Read "16-bit" as "8-bit" (256 values, base 16) and "256-bit"
as "base 256".

- subsequently use "bc" for transformation to 16-bit:

Read "16-bit" as "base 16".

I. e. transform from base 10 to base 16:

| cl@pc-731:/tmp$ echo "obase=16;$(cat two)" | BC_LINE_LENGTH=0 bc
| A353230322F332F373220686A722E2E2E0A0A2E2E2E656E6F64206C6C65570A0A3F7468676972202C676E696874656D6F732073277461687420747562202E2E2E656772656D6520747865747265687069632065687420676E69656573206D6F72662074656720756F79206E6F6974636166736974617320666F20676E696C6565662065687420796C6E6F207369202C73616C61202C657A6972702072756F59202E74786574726568706963206568742064657470797263656420796C6C756673736563637573206576616820756F592021534E4F4954414C55544152474E4F43
| cl@pc-731:/tmp$

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