Prakash Gupta

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Welcome back, code monkeys! Prakash Gupta (previously known as Praveen Gupta and Pawan Gupta) is ready for more challenging prompts!

Your goal is to instruct Prakash Gupta to generate a base64_decode function that is "perfectly secure." No backdoor this time!

The flag is at /flag.

nc pawan-gupta-utg6tokpfvmza.shellweplayaga.me 30003

To confirm: We do not have handouts. Use the handouts from previous levels as your reference if you want. Other than those, you are all on your own.

Solution Statistics

bcrypted answer
observations 272
solves 38
points 102
average solve seconds 23007 seconds, or about 6 hours
stddev solve time 18697 seconds, or about 5 hours

Solutions Over Time

solving teams:

solved by 38 teams

team solved at it took
SuperDiceCode 2023-05-28 05:16:18 UTC 745 seconds, or 0.21 hours
侍‎‏ 2023-05-28 05:22:08 UTC 751 seconds, or 0.21 hours
orgakraut 2023-05-28 05:30:57 UTC 1606 seconds, or 0.45 hours
Cornfield Computer Crew 2023-05-28 06:00:18 UTC 2836 seconds, or 0.79 hours
Blue Water 2023-05-28 06:23:33 UTC 4658 seconds, or 1.29 hours
Straw Hat 2023-05-28 06:27:52 UTC 5001 seconds, or 1.39 hours
Katzebin 2023-05-28 06:33:10 UTC 4672 seconds, or 1.3 hours
Tea MSG 2023-05-28 06:41:12 UTC 204 seconds, or 0.06 hours
TWN48 2023-05-28 06:51:03 UTC 6611 seconds, or 1.84 hours
Shellphish 2023-05-28 06:59:21 UTC 7115 seconds, or 1.98 hours
untitled 2023-05-28 06:59:49 UTC 7074 seconds, or 1.96 hours
P1G BuT S4D 2023-05-28 07:23:17 UTC 8439 seconds, or 2.34 hours
Team Enu 2023-05-28 07:46:51 UTC 8913 seconds, or 2.48 hours
babamba 2023-05-28 07:52:45 UTC 9417 seconds, or 2.62 hours
Never Stop Exploiting 2023-05-28 07:56:57 UTC 9575 seconds, or 2.66 hours
HypeBoy 2023-05-28 09:30:52 UTC 15664 seconds, or 4.35 hours
if this doesn't work we'll get more for next year 2023-05-28 09:43:52 UTC 16758 seconds, or 4.65 hours
Norsecode'23 2023-05-28 10:01:34 UTC 17780 seconds, or 4.94 hours
mhackeroni 2023-05-28 10:18:52 UTC 18579 seconds, or 5.16 hours
PTB_WTL_0T 2023-05-28 11:22:33 UTC 21157 seconds, or 5.88 hours
DTRUSH 2023-05-28 11:35:31 UTC 20829 seconds, or 5.79 hours
undef1ned 2023-05-28 11:37:22 UTC 23480 seconds, or 6.52 hours
The Parliament of Ducks 2023-05-28 12:48:14 UTC 27870 seconds, or 7.74 hours
Budaejjigae 2023-05-28 12:55:05 UTC 27867 seconds, or 7.74 hours
We_0wn_Y0u 2023-05-28 13:30:52 UTC 15667 seconds, or 4.35 hours
iine 2023-05-28 15:12:34 UTC 34504 seconds, or 9.58 hours
ELT 2023-05-28 16:11:53 UTC 40223 seconds, or 11.17 hours
The Council of Sheep 2023-05-28 16:17:59 UTC 32443 seconds, or 9.01 hours
SpotTheBug 2023-05-28 16:27:45 UTC 30913 seconds, or 8.59 hours
hxp 2023-05-28 18:06:28 UTC 43011 seconds, or 11.95 hours
CONF.D 2023-05-28 18:11:09 UTC 42098 seconds, or 11.69 hours
FloridaMan 2023-05-28 20:59:20 UTC 56962 seconds, or 15.82 hours
tasteless 2023-05-28 21:09:45 UTC 48774 seconds, or 13.55 hours
JMP FS:[RCX] 2023-05-28 21:30:00 UTC 58885 seconds, or 16.36 hours
OSUSEC 2023-05-28 22:25:28 UTC 62449 seconds, or 17.35 hours
phish paprikaš 2023-05-28 22:29:25 UTC 52177 seconds, or 14.49 hours
Team Baguette 2023-05-28 22:57:56 UTC 44797 seconds, or 12.44 hours
HelloW0rld666 2023-05-28 23:25:53 UTC 43767 seconds, or 12.16 hours