Level 17

Hi to everybody,

I've finally found what looks like a compressed file.
Judging from the file's header I've imported the [spoiler removed] module but an
"invalid data stream" error is all what I got.
The length of the file is 118.

Previous messages talks about plusses in the file, I can see only
one '+' in it.

Is there something wrong?

Tried to remove the '+' but no luck.

Please, help me!

Ok, I've spent about all my day yesterday to try this challenge but withuot any result... I am really stuck here.
I saw the snack I get without any nothing but when i put nothin=**** or whatever I don't get any other snack ...
Please an original clue to help me

Ok, I've spent about all my day yesterday to try this challenge but withuot any result... I am really stuck here.
I saw the snack I get without any nothing but when i put nothin=**** or whatever I don't get any other snack ...
Please an original clue to help me

If I've read you right, you have tried "nothing".
If it's so, then you'd better be also busy while nothing.

good idea, But all the snacks I get now are info=deleted... Maybe my start is false but I haven't found 118 charcteres or a compreesed file.

Thanks for your hint

good idea, But all the snacks I get now are info=deleted... Maybe my start is false but I haven't found 118 charcteres or a compreesed file.

Thanks for your hint

Yes, the "deleted" wants to catch your attention to make you understand
you started from the wrong place...

Just think of level 4

I've not finished this level yet but your hints are really useful, thanks a lot !

I've got a compressed string but I can't decompress it with bz2 module or zip module or anything, maybe have I to transform all the hexcode in binary but about the correct letter, it doesn't make any sense ...

Edit :

I transformed all the %?? to binary but I can't decompress this file.
Why ???

I also try with a more sequential way but error again.
I don't understand the plus(+), what have to do with this char ?

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I don't understand the plus(+), what have to do with this char ?
"""

So, you have a query about the plus signs?

I've got L's number, but don't know how to place the call.

I transformed all the %?? to binary but I can't decompress this file.

You're very close. You have to be careful with the transformation and remember that "+" means something else (which can't appear) in snacks

Hello,

Thanks for your help but I think my transformation is correct, (hex to dec, dec to char). But I don't kniw what to do with this '+' (deleted it, no results)
But I'll continue to try !

A closer inspection of your first snack should tell you what to do with +s.

Yes, here I am but now I get a problem.. How can I say to L the F message, with a snack ? io try but it didn't work.
I tried to create one with pyton, to modify from I and Firefox, no result
What can be wrong ???

Got it now (thanks wget )
But my problem was that I haven't found any exemple useful to send a cookie !

18 here I am !

A closer inspection of your first snack should tell you what to do with +s.

1. Then it must be something else than converting it to chr(0x20).

I've found that cookie's value cannot contain any ASCII character
in the following range [0,31] or 127.
Since + is allowed and a sp*ce not, I thought that converting it into a sp*ce would have solved the problem.

2. Why almost everybody is talking about plural "+"? I can see only one "+" and still have a 118 chars long sequence!

[edit]
this really is strange, at least I think so.
Replacing '+' with chr(32) in the joined string didn't produced decompressable string.
Building it from scratch solved the problem.
Now let's go figure how to call...
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