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Geek Culture / Code crack challenge

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TheComet
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Posted: 1st Dec 2011 17:14
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Just stumbled across this, thought it might interest some people here.

http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/

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Teh Stone
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Posted: 1st Dec 2011 19:31
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I've always wondered about codes like this and thought it would be fun to try and chpack it, where would you begin in something like this tohough,
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TheComet
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Posted: 1st Dec 2011 20:05
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Well some people have already begun on it. There are a few things you can check out:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3452376

http://pastebin.com/cqzbkw4H

http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/15b436de1f9107f3778aad525e5d0b20.js

If what they say is correct, you'd need to look into the x86 instruction set. This here is pretty decent : http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs216/guides/x86.html

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BatVink
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2011 16:02
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This site is run by the UK government, they are using it to recruit new people to the British Intelligence division.

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TheComet
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2011 18:10 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2011 18:10
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How do they know where the person is located if someone solves it? Knowing the IP isn't enough to pin-point their position. Especially if that someone has a laptop and is traveling.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2011 18:19
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I don't think that's the point. Pretty sure they can tell if you're a decent hacker in the interview process.


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