-// Take a []byte of uncoded ascii as input and encode it
-// TODO: change the method signature to take a string and return []byte
-func NegatedUserString(encodedString []byte) string {
- var decodedString string
- for _, char := range encodedString {
- decodedString += string(255 - uint8(char))[1:]
+// negateString takes []byte s containing cleartext and rotates by 255 into obfuscated cleartext.
+// The Hotline protocol uses this format for sending passwords over network.
+// Not secure, but hey, it was the 90s!
+func negateString(clearText []byte) []byte {
+ obfuText := make([]byte, len(clearText))
+ for i := 0; i < len(clearText); i++ {
+ obfuText[i] = 255 - clearText[i]