The Challenge

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May 12 2002, 1:26 pm
Hi, I decided to test the knowledge of some people on this forum. Here's the challenge:

You recieve a *.zip file in your email one day which is password-locked. The person (whom is anonymous) only gives you this information:
746f6f206d616e7920736563726574733f
He says with that information, you have enough data to crack the password.

What is the password?
May 12 2002, 2:30 pm
The person (whom is anonymous) only gives you this information:

Whom? Really?
May 12 2002, 2:33 pm
In response to Lesbian Assassin
Uh....Not sure I understood that, but so far nobody has made an attempt at trying to figure out the password.
May 12 2002, 2:42 pm
Mertek wrote:
Hi, I decided to test the knowledge of some people on this forum. Here's the challenge:

You recieve a *.zip file in your email one day which is password-locked. The person (whom is anonymous) only gives you this information:
746f6f206d616e7920736563726574733f
He says with that information, you have enough data to crack the password.

What is the password?

That was pretty easy:
"too many secrets?"
Just seperate the code into groups of two hex numbers, convert decimal, then to ascii characters.
May 12 2002, 2:52 pm
In response to Ebonshadow
Good work.
May 13 2002, 5:24 am
In response to Mertek
Mertek wrote:
Uh....Not sure I understood that, but so far nobody has made an attempt at trying to figure out the password.

Lexy was commenting on your inappropriate use of the word "whom". It's a word that's mostly gone out of the English language, though at times it still sounds better than "who". It is, however, a word to be avoided if you don't know how to use it.

Lummox JR
May 13 2002, 6:05 am
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
Mertek wrote:
Uh....Not sure I understood that, but so far nobody has made an attempt at trying to figure out the password.

Lexy was commenting on your inappropriate use of the word "whom". It's a word that's mostly gone out of the English language, though at times it still sounds better than "who". It is, however, a word to be avoided if you don't know how to use it.

Lummox JR

Don't you mean Engrish?
May 13 2002, 7:55 am
In response to Sariat
Lummox JR

Don't you mean Engrish?

To whom are you referring?

(Yeah, yeah, I know darned well who you were speaking to, but I needed an excuse to use "whom" properly. ;-P)
May 13 2002, 8:23 am
In response to Spuzzum
Spuzzum wrote:
Lummox JR

Don't you mean Engrish?

To whom are you referring?

(Yeah, yeah, I know darned well who you were speaking to, but I needed an excuse to use "whom" properly. ;-P)

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