The man making puzzles for hackers(bbc.com)

58 pointsby jackgavigan11 lat temu13 comments

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33817029

4 comments

roasm11 lat temu

Somewhat related: Are there any puzzle subscription services out there? I think it'd be a really interesting business to receive an innovative, creative puzzle weekly or monthly that show some real effort and artistry. Maybe it would be a mix of physical and digital puzzles. Does that exist?

If not, I might have to do that :)

schoen11 lat temu

One such thing was http://blacklettergame.com/ which I guess is being re-run (with new content) periodically.

Also there's P&A Magazine (pronounced "Panda"): http://pandamagazine.com/

crimsonalucard11 lat temu

Here's a puzzle...

Decode me 3 times or 64:

WW0wNFoyTklTbkJsYlZWbldtMDVlVWxJYkhaa1V6UTk=

winner gets the prize written in the message.

jen729w11 lat temu

:-)

No soup for me!

maaku11 lat temu

given that by random chance the first decoding was 32-bytes, the same size as a bitcoin private key, the actual decoding was a bit of a let down :(

aembleton11 lat temu

:( no prize for me

tummybug11 lat temu

Got anything tougher?

wolfgke11 lat temu

Here you are:

  Vm0wd2QyVkhVWGhUV0d4VFltdHdVRlp0ZUhkVU1WcDBaVWhrYWxKc1d
  ucFhhMk0xWVVaS2MxZHVhRmRTZWtFeFdWY3hTMUl4WkhOWGJGcFhUVE
  ZHTTFaclpEUlpWMUpJVm10V1UySklRbTlVVmxwM1ZWWmtWMVZyU214U
  01EVjVWR3hhVjFWdFNrbFJiVGxWVm14YU0xbHFSbHBsUm1SMFVteGtU
  bEpHV2paV2JUQXhWVEZSZUZkdVRsaGhlbXhoV1d0a2IxVXhjRmhsUjN
  SWVVsUldXVmt3V2tOV01rVjNZMFpTVjFaV2NGTmFSRVpEVld4Q1ZVMU
  VNRDA9

SCNR

crimsonalucard11 lat temu

watch my name, I'll throw something out there.

imglorp11 lat temu

In case anyone is wondering about the odd font on the yellow press pass, it's actually a phonetic alphabet for English called Shavian. It was a project of George Bernard Shaw, who was a vigorous spelling reformist. It didn't get very far, but there was a book published in Shavian and a more useful spinoff called Quikscript. If you're interested in a rare or cryptic shorthand for note taking, either might be for you.

tylerg11 lat temu

This sounds really cool. Anyone written about the previous puzzles?

necubi11 lat temu

Here's a pretty nuts write up from last year's winners: http://elegin.com/dc22/.

barbs11 lat temu

Same challenge, different team.

http://potatohatsecurity.tumblr.com/post/94565729529/defcon-...