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Free domain contest
I am starting a contest, the winner of which will get a free .com, .net, .biz, .org, .info, .in, .us, or .me domain, registered by me on NameCheap and pushed to the winner. How do you win? By solving a series of challenges. Sure, most of you can afford a domain, but that's not really the point - the point is to find out who is cleverest and fastest. So here's how it works. It starts with the text below. Decode it (first problem), and it will give you the next instruction. Follow that, and so on from there. Have fun!
Challenge #1:
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
Comments
'Riddle'? ,-,
** Edited out in @Spencer's request.
Is that some encryption or hash or am I looking to some logical numbers and letters?
edit, @Wintereise told the answer already.
Yeah, it doesn't say riddle anymore.
@taronyu you'll have to figure that out.
IPv6 only? Well, looks like my effort has run out.
You can do it - it says how. But, I guess it's up to you how much you want it. I never said it would be easy.
Lucky for my I got a ramnode vps with ipv6, and lynx
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(pretty sure I'm entering what I should)
If you guys are using IPv6 servers as proxies, you might have some trouble. Just sayin'.
@vld - which step?
@DStrout: POST /check
Shit just got serious.
@vld If you're at /check, go back one page (or use the back link) and then give me the GET URL.
@budingyun - If you say so.
I'll tell all you non-IPv6 folks what part of the first page says:
I can't connect to it from my ramnode (with ipv6) so here ends my journey.
Too bad because I always like these things.
All in favor of me adding an A record?
It'd help if you tell us what the base encryption is, then go from there.
@curtisg - I disagree.
Damn this is harder than i expected.
IPv6 means I am out. That program hates me as well.
Still true.
Here's a hint: a base encryption method that results in a lot of Z's and G's and II's is....
OK, I still don't want to make this drop-dead easy, so I'll tell you this. The server IP is 192.73.232.43. If you know what the hosts file is, you should know what to do from there. Apache isn't listening IPv6 only.
Lmao, @Damian I found it now, but, I'll give it a shot. Stupid IPV6
@DStrout stop making the url redirect to the port / ( number ) as i'm using direct IP. IPV6 don't work on this PC.
And you've just proven that you're an idiot, grats @curtisg.
He even went out of his way to mention the hosts file.
Challenge 5... hmmm..
Ahh yes, that's a good one. Just to let everyone know, vld has already won, but as he has no domain he wants, he has agreed to forego it in favor of the next winner. Good luck!
Stuck in Challenge 4