timed1 decrypt problem

I am using PHP cURL to access the page and it ALL works, i can make it alert the string so i know i have the correct coding. I use $ans=base64_decode($hash); on it and then relocate to http://www.hellboundhackers.org/challenges/timed/timed1/index.php?b64=".$ans

this says wrong answer, is base64_decode not the right thing to use or what?? lol

thnx in advance for ANY help =]

That should work :ninja:

I think I had a similar problem to this when I did the challenge, except I did it in Python.

I can't help you for 100% sure but if you PM me your code I might be able to tell you what's wrong :)

on the 'relocate thingy', "http://www.hellboundhackers.org/challenges/timed/timed1/index.php?b64=$ans" will work, double quotes parse variables inside of them.

try

$ch = curl_copy_handle($firsthandle);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "the_new_link");
curl_exec($ch);

you needed to send all the info to get the page, so you have to when sending it back as well. Maybe the problem, I don't know.

hmmm, quick question, is the decrypted string supposed to make sense? cos they all look extremely random lol

lol fixed it, just have a speed problem, just gonna put a refresh code in it, and loop it while i have a shower, maybe itll get it lol, any advice on getting it under a second is more than welcome tho xD

Optimize your code a bit? Write it in a faster language? Run it on a computer with a faster internet connection?

mastergamer wrote: Run it on a computer with a faster internet connection? That's defiantely the most important thing for the timed challenges, even more important than effective code lol ^^

What kind of chars should i look…? o_O I'm using cURL from command line, with one of the GNU coreutils, and i can decode the string, it should be correct, 'cause i decrypted it in an online decoder and it's same as mine… Should i get chars like ^},;? :right:

986 wrote: What kind of chars should i look…? o_O I'm using cURL from command line, with one of the GNU coreutils, and i can decode the string, it should be correct, 'cause i decrypted it in an online decoder and it's same as mine… Should i get chars like ^},;? :right: It should be ugly. Here's an example of one I just decoded: 'qkf=*g({f2p;*l-h' You must be sending it wrong.

By the way, this thread is old.

The tread is old, but my question is actual for me. :happy: The problem is not the way of sending, but the time… My PC is old (500MHz) and the net isn't good to… (1024/512)