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[ancalime]

[Landalan][NEW][SITE] www.landa-systems.com

[oxdeltaxo]

You could have posted this is the already existing thread...not slaggin ya, but it doesn't warrant a new thread.

[ancalime]

The already existing thread is getting big and unwieldy.

[oxdeltaxo]

[thebruce]

(brought from the other thread)
here's the gist:

a giant lambda symbol appears with two input boxes, and the text ENTER at the top of the page.

It calls 3 javascript files, but one we're interested in. The fields are set to check the keyboard entry on every key pressed, and check the contents against the server, by calling search.php?u=(field1)&p=(field2)&sid=(rnd#)

the search.php file returns an XML island with the contents:

[catherwood]

[Tephi]

wow...long time i haven't play a thing!!! since....mmm... Argtalk....?? lol ....well now i'm back.... yay!!!! that's all

[oxdeltaxo]

There's nothing special that I can spot except for the IE comment. I even tried visiting the site in IE just for kicks, which of course didn't help either. Same source same comment same fading in logo.

[LatentMoths]

I noticed that the lambda pic is actually 4 separate images. I pieced them together and inverted the colors and got the image below. I can't make anything out, but then again I don't know much about manipulating images. Looks cool anyway...

[thebruce]

The login has been solved!
In #landalan Thursday night, solve time approx 11:30pm ET - 3 1/2 hours of analysis for the solution.

Our process...
It was a complex task of figuring out what the script was doing, and what it was expecting in order to contiue. The solution is split into sections below if you want to figure some out yourself .

part 1 - code:

[Russell]

Wow great solve peeps, knew you would get it in the end =)

All signed up now and raring to go, although its a shame you cannot change your details as i realised once i had signed up that I had not put the +44 at the start of my phone number since im in England (nudges PM).

[pneumatik]

I glad someone figured it out. Even with typing the right user and pass straight into the main page right after I loaded it, it didn't work. And I tried IE and firefox. Grrr...

[dbachen]

Is there a compiled Wiki or Guide so far? I'm reading through the original thread and learning about all the puzzles. I'm trying to recreate the process used to solve them, so that I can learn how things are working, but I'm unable to get the same results.

For example, on the image ones. I tried filling the original lamda symbol with a different color to find the link, but had no success. Is this because I'm doing it wrong, or because the original image has been replaced and I need to see an archived one?

The same goes for 'the contrast fill of the internet map', in order to solve the three branches puzzle. I'd like to know the steps on how to *do* a contrast fill. Its one thing to get the answers, its another to try and solve them yourself and see how the results are found. It makes future puzzle solving easier.

-D

[Luna131]

Im way to excited about this lol good job on the solve you guys

[Mudbrother]

Pneumatik: The password changes every three minutes, so the password given in the solution will only work on occasion. Gives you a good puzzle to try if you want to work out the current password at a given time...

dbachen: The only real guide so far besides the 2 threads is Russ's link list which appears right now as a third thread. It lists all pages and how we got to them.

A contrast fill is fairly simple. Take the image into paintshop/photoshop/gimp and do a bucket fill on the background. This will make 'invisible ink' appear. You can also see it by playing with the contrast/brightness controls of the image (not your monitor.) Invisible Ink is just a color that is only a shade or two different from the background. Usually can't be seen with the naked eye, but the bucket fill will miss it since it's technically a different color.

It's very possible the images have been changed since the solve.

Muddy