StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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

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

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

/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.

cool site. Onto level 2.

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

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

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

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

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...)

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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...

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

that too, but this is easier

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.

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

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

Agreed.

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

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...