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There's something strange about those file sizes. If they were a split set, wouldn't they all be the same size except for one?

The only explanation I can think of is the data was `tar`d, then `split`, then compressed (to make the varying sizes), then encrypted, which seems more than a little insane.

The files are Base64 encoded, which means they are considerably larger than their equivalent binary.



Yeah it seems strange to me too, it's possible the server I was downloading from had incomplete files... it seems like Kennedy.Warhead1, Roberts.Warhead1, and Sotomayor.Warhead1 should be 150 MB... those are the file sizes reported by the server though.


    $ curl --head http://www.easyseattleshortsales.com/Roberts.Warhead1 | grep -e "Content-Length"
    Content-Length: 23883776
They all return that size or a 404. It's either intended, or they borked the uploads to the compromised servers.




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