As Christmas approaches, Adam decides that he wants to improve his network security. He is inspired by the nearly identical Christmas Trees in his office with the only difference being the number on the star on top, and writes a hash function to generate a key. His instructions are found here: https://mega.nz/#!vawiwIBL!MNh3kyh12f_V8xtpHVCiBz5svr7Npvdhu6uzUkS08Tg - The trees in Adam's office can be found here (your input): https://mega.nz/#!PGw2SCDZ!yzI2DCX0ut-TR5WBDX2x_aqtNQezg9WTGcxcmHlNJNs - What is the encryption key generated by Adam's Christmas Tree Hash function?
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kinda complex but Its was fun lol
most of the difficulty of this CTF comes from understanding the instructions (not joking, you have to read the author's mind sometimes, heh)
there's a typo, in the line:<br /> 365^5 + 52^10 + 7^20 - 457981573849226022<br /> the minus was meant to be a plus:<br /> 365^5 + 52^10 + 7^20 + 457981573849226022
kinda complex but Its was fun lol
most of the difficulty of this CTF comes from understanding the instructions (not joking, you have to read the author's mind sometimes, heh)
there's a typo, in the line:<br /> 365^5 + 52^10 + 7^20 - 457981573849226022<br /> the minus was meant to be a plus:<br /> 365^5 + 52^10 + 7^20 + 457981573849226022
1 year ago
365^5 + 52^10 + 7^20 where this came from?