Try to Hack...LEGALLY!!!

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-13 04:34am

http://www.try2hack.nl

Cool website, i'm on level 4 right now (stupid Java applet is staring me in the face and laughing)

EDIT: Level 5 now, its a VB program... damnit

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-07-13 04:57am

I got to level two, too tired to figure it out any more. I'll try more tomorrow.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-07-13 05:19am

I've played that, made it to level 2.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-13 05:26am

/me considers giving out hints, then decides against it

I gtg to sl33p, might help ya out a bit tomorrow if noone comes around who got farther.

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-07-13 07:58am

cool site. Onto level 2.

The Third Man · Post by **The Third Man** » 2003-07-13 08:42am

Just done level 5, the VB program. And it appears that level 6 is a VB one too.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-07-13 11:49am

Yep, I got to all of level 1. I have no clue how to hack, I hope to rectify it soon

The Third Man · Post by **The Third Man** » 2003-07-13 11:59am

Ha. Just finished level 7. Now level 8 is telling me "Level 8 and up are currently out of service, try again later! " is this for real or part of the game

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-07-13 12:11pm

I have gotten all the way to...level 1

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-07-13 12:12pm

I remember that. Was on alt.2600 a year or so ago...

No, wait, that was another contest...

And having said that, I beat Level 1 easily, but although I have the password for Level 2 the Shockwave submit button isn't working. Well, that's probably because I don't have the Shockwave player (running Linux does that...)

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-07-13 12:24pm

Ath the joys...up to level 2, right now...

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-13 01:46pm

Third: Lvl 8 comes down sometimes, but I think it goes to level 9, where you hack an IRC bot.

How'd you pass lvl 5? I tried to find a VB3 decompiler, but couldn't find one. I'm beginning to think there's some other way, but I haven't found it.

People stuck on level 2: That's the one with flash, right?
http://www.try2hack.nl/levels/level2.swf - right-click that and "save target as". then run a flash decompiler on it.

Level 1: Right-click on the page, click "View Source" but if you didn't get past that, you might just want to stop there.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2003-07-13 01:51pm

Mitth-raw-nuruodo wrote: People stuck on level 2: That's the one with flash, right?
http://www.try2hack.nl/levels/level2.swf - right-click that and "save target as". then run a flash decompiler on it.

where do I get a flash decompiler?

forgive my total VB, flash and IRC stupidity.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-13 01:55pm

Ace Pace wrote:
Mitth-raw-nuruodo wrote: People stuck on level 2: That's the one with flash, right?
http://www.try2hack.nl/levels/level2.swf - right-click that and "save target as". then run a flash decompiler on it.
where do I get a flash decompiler?

forgive my total VB, flash and IRC stupidity.

search google for flash decompiler

. I will help, but I won't do the work for you.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-07-13 02:01pm

/me is not a l33t P!nK H4t H4x0r t0d4y...

The Third Man · Post by **The Third Man** » 2003-07-13 02:02pm

How'd you pass lvl 5? I tried to find a VB3 decompiler, but couldn't find one.

Yup, I used a decompiler. There is one out there freely downloadable, try searching for Dodi. Initially I tried using a hex editor to look at the exe (but its not quite as obvious as it first looks

). The authors drop a big hint for using a decompiler - they've used VB3 for this level, for which decompilers exist; AFAIK there isn't one available for 32-bit VB, which shows up in the next level. Oh and once you do find the password, you'll plainly see that de-compiler use is definitely what the authors expect

Now that I've decompiled I can see that you could concievably get the Level 5 answer just through reading the hex, I came close but not quite. Did manage to solve Level 2 looking at the hex (UltraEdit32) instead of the flash decompiler though!

I found level 6 to be the toughest (and most interesting) so far, you'll need more than a text editor for this one!

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-07-13 02:08pm

I got all the way up the screen where it says "LVL1: enter your password", muttered about how this is stupid, and left. Yes, I'm just so good that this is too below me.

THE UNHOLY GRAND KING OF NEOPHYTES HAS SPOKEN!

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-13 02:22pm

You wanna hack legally, go to Defcon and participate in their hacking contest.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-07-13 02:27pm

Oh wait, I'm totally awesome. I came back to it...went to view, brought up this big notepad file filled with crap and found the password H4x0r!

But I gotta download stuff to do lvl2? Screw that...

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-13 03:07pm

kojikun wrote:You wanna hack legally, go to Defcon and participate in their hacking contest.

that too, but this is easier

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-13 07:02pm

kojikun wrote:
Mitth-raw-nuruodo wrote:that too, but this is easier
aint real hackin tho.

Get to the upper levels, then tell me that.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-07-15 03:21pm

All I can say is, if you can't get past level 1, you shouldn't be using a computer. Period.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-15 03:23pm

Vertigo1 wrote:All I can say is, if you can't get past level 1, you shouldn't be using a computer. Period.

Agreed.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-15 03:37pm

It's still not real hacking. Its practice, at best. Real hacking involves some actual breaking into other computers.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-15 03:44pm

kojikun wrote:It's still not real hacking. Its practice, at best. Real hacking involves some actual breaking into other computers.

Agreed. But it is very good practice, and a great learning tool to figure out HOW to hack. And I've heard that at lvl 7 and above, you have to do what's considered "real hacking", but uh, I'm on 5 right now, so I dunno. I DO know that on the last level you have to hack an IRC bot...