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"what value is the program XORing your password by?"

"Is it feasible to undo an XOR operation? (To be clear, we're not talking about reverse engineering. Instead, consider the following example: if 2 XOR 5 equals a certain value, does ANS XOR 5 equal 2?)"

"Are you in need of further assistance? A comprehensive explanation can be found in the file named 'ans_1'. However, I would recommend only consulting it as a last resort, for instance, if you have already attempted to solve the problem twenty times without success."
