Bit Shifting. Hex Workshop?

You will need a good hex editor, http//www.x-ways.net/winhex/index-m.html. After opening the file in WinHex you will be able to see the "bits" and the text.

Happy shifting!

You will need a good hex editor, http//www.x-ways.net/winhex/index-m.html. After opening the file in WinHex you will be able to see the "bits" and the text.

Happy shifting!

Thanks buddy, I have got this editor called win hex editor, i can see bits on the left side and in the right pane there is scrambled text. There are buttons to perform different functions like, shift bits to right, left, swap,flip, invert etc…Now to un scramble it , is there a certain pattern I need to follow, or I just try my luck by shifting each bit randomly and hoping to see the clear text in the right corner after few tries? If that is the way to go , it might take weeks to crack this?

Is there a rule of thumb to be folllowed in excercises like this?

Thanks again.
Jimmy

Without knowing the details of the task, I would suggest you reference an ASCII table and start looking for patterns between known characters and the bytes in your assignment. With a little luck and a lot of coffee, you should figure out the pattern.

1. Manual inspection to determine the shift pattern.

2. Scripting or write some simple software to apply the shift pattern.

Thanks buddy, I have got this editor called win hex editor, i can see bits on the left side and in the right pane there is scrambled text.

To be picky, like in any hex editor, you see on the left the address (offset) hex numbers (or bytes NOT bits) and on the right the ASCII characters corresponding to those bytes.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_editor

See if this (only seemingly unrelated) helps to get you a better idea of a possible "decrypting" approach
http//www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=10417/

jaclaz