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Can this be done on iPhone? Not got my pc to hand...
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Nathan wrote Can this be done on iPhone? Not got my pc to hand...


no, sorry mate
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Just got on to some pretty lost people so here's a hint (If you have no idea what any of this is, you haven't progressed far enough and it's probably useless at the moment).


What's happening here? A string (Blow) is being input, each characters position in the alphabet is pulled, and then the key is modifying it's position. The new string is then printed (print(fish)). The problem is that the code provided doesn't ultimately do the job for you, it's just to guide you in the right direction. No programming is needed to solve this contest.

library = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

key = 8
blow = "craigisanidiot"
fish = ""
for c in blow:
if c.isalpha() : fish += library[(library.index(c[b])+key) %26]
else: fish += c

print(fish)


This isn't helpful now either but if you take a major hint from above, it will be.
https://i.imgur.com/QLuHzp5.png


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Well this is never getting done....
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Yea this single handily ruined my life..
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Please send cookies...

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We have a winner! Congratulations to James for completing the contest and claiming the wizard badge. Also an honorable mention to Bullets and Craig for their efforts and progress.

Answer & Steps:


1. Keep refreshing the forum post until you see a blank signature on Scizor's profile, which leads to pastebin.com/6xqCDnhX#

2. Convert the hex to ASCII
You'll get
"11111100 00000100 10111100 01010000 00001100 11001100 01001100 01010000 01001100 01101100 01010000 00001100 11001100 01001100 01010000 11001100 11101100 10001100

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CZ/G


10100110 01001110 11110110 00100110 10000110 10110110 10000110 01100110 00110110 10000110 01001110 00101010 "


3. Then reverse both sections of binary, and convert to text and you'll get lead to 173.230.62.230/ and Tralfamadore will also be revealed

4. Login using username Arrakeen (the pastebin username was NEEKARRA) and password Tralfamadore. Takes you to: 173.230.62.230/MXZklWZyRXQ.php

5. Once in, inspect element to find "bg.png" and download that file and open with winrar, view file and you'll see hint.txt hidden along in there.

6. You will see
D6rAH6cBlLpUSOsT67XSUZwGXIBzz1lVDOnXkgjrjUrhxNwBes5CSQ

decrypt this blowfish encrypted message using the key: librarykey ( this was found at 173.230.62.230/coolio.txt )
You will then get "dp lhjhtdchq svf lhjh Czpd pskdn Tnsx" this is where it gets a little trickier

7. Used caesar cipher to decrypt the above. shift: 8 (From Coolio.txt) key: MXZklWZyRXQ (was found on site after logged in, it is the name of the PHP file)
It will take you to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)#Plot

8. Going back to 173.230.62.230/MXZklWZyRXQ.php , open the console and try running "paycloseattention();" (Per the "Pay close attention" text on the page). This returns "Line 9, Word 8. Dont know what this is referencing? Well this is probably going to get confusing...."

9. Look for line 9, word 8 (approximately) on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)#Plot and you will see Sardaukar (keep note of this)

10. Using the URL MXZklWZyRXQ.php ( 173.230.62.230/MXZklWZyRXQ.php ), reverse it and then decrypt it using Base64 to reveal a new username:
Username: Atreides
Password: Sardaukar
Logout and login with new credentials

11. Inspect element and find a jscript file, take note of "Confabulation"

12. Change url from 173.230.62.230/e6662662a3f90aa497...32f2f7.php to 173.230.62.230/e6662662a3f90aa497...32f2f7.zip

13. You will get a "secret.asc" file, I imported that file into a program called Kleopatra, then exported the keys using passphrase Confabulation.

14. Used a pgp message decrypter, used the pgp message that was in the original pastebin between the binary, decrypted with the new private key I exported and got

"Congratulations! Message me with the answer "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" and the steps taken to reach the answer to receive your prize."
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