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[LOCKED] [TRAILHEAD] Halo 3 ARG (a real one, not ILB2 again)
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Raiden47
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-160364543dfddd

Alright, update on that.

The string of code is base64, and when dechiphered, gives a rough equivalent of what is currently on the page.

Code:

ÿ
-160364543dfddd   innerhtml`Transmission Interruption - Go Dark   /negative/<BR>Possible Intercept - System Bypass Imminentd�0/adjust bypass according to threat/  Fluctuatingdd`N_½´¨XNûR¼P"?·LÎp


So. Obviously some will be garbled.. but I am interested in knowing why "-160364543dfddd" is there.
Further more, if copied and pasted directly, instead of typed out like above, the first part reads:
Code:

-160364543dfddd

Any guesses as to what the heck it is for.. go ahead.

To those of you who say it is simply standard viewstate (ASP form) code, you are correct.. but not entirely. The string of numbers in the front is not normal ASP coding.
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thebruce
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it's all standard html and server code. No need to investigate. INPUTE=hidden is just a way for an html form to store information in the page without it being visible, but still get submitted with the form. VIEWSTATE is an ASP.net property used by the web server to verify validity of the form when it's submitted and give some added security.

Nothing to do with the arg. HTML101
well maybe not 101, but you learn something new every day
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Raiden47
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I still can't get over the numbers at the front, I've never seen something like them before with viewstate stuff.

*Just a note, the string (the original one) will change with the timer as it counts down.
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I used a decoder just now with the current viewstate and the number string is the same.

The decoder returned the contents in xml, attached. Just for the sake of completion it's attached, but I'm 99% certain that it's entirely irrelevent.
viewstate.txt
Description 
txt

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Filename  viewstate.txt 
Filesize  1.28KB 
Downloaded  102 Time(s) 
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Auras
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Raiden47 wrote:
Took the hidden out?? Hm

I'll edit.

edit: I don't think it is anything.. but that is such a weird value.

Here's a copy of the file just with the "hidden" taken out..
notice the list box with the line in it.


Nothing really important. It's used in asp.net to keep data of what you have entered in forms.

http://www.extremeexperts.com/Net/Articles/ViewState.aspx

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Khune
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AR is back and he is under attack go to b.net I guess this is what happens when we get ahead of ourselves we rest and thats when we should be at full attention

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darkmoonz
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New AR Posts
Thread name: Stop It.

Quote:
My security measures are being tested. I can feel it.

By the pricking of my thumbs.

* 06.17.2007 11:46 AM PDT


Quote:

I can retain integrity for at least 22 hours. Rerouting bandwidth to deflect assault.

* 06.17.2007 12:06 PM PDT



So, any ideas on how we stop this assault? (:
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New AR posts:

Quote:
My security measures are being tested. I can feel it.

By the pricking of my thumbs.

* 06.17.2007 11:46 AM PDT


Quote:
I can retain integrity for at least 22 hours. Rerouting bandwidth to deflect assault.

* 06.17.2007 12:06 PM PDT



Edit: Beaten to it

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Khune
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Who,what where,when,why is missing any leads

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Khune wrote:
Who,what where,when,why is missing any leads


What? Grammar please?


Hm.. I was looking at AR's messages. What are its "thumbs"? Any speculations?
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Khune
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it is a macbeth quote

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Just a little prick...

Why do our AIs use similar language? (:
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fatpenguinfreak
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Raiden47 wrote:

Hm.. I was looking at AR's messages. What are its "thumbs"? Any speculations?


It appears that it is a reference to Shakespeare's Macbeth :
"By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes."

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Assumption: AR is some sort of computer sentience. Software, essentially.

If AR is software, then there must be hardware somewhere where he is stored.

So, what if sometime last week, SOTA found the hardware that AR was stored on and brought it back to civilization. Maybe they stuck it in a lockdown lab full of argon or something. This would explain why AR suddenly popped up out of nowhere on the internet. Perhaps he joined a wifi network or something.

But now, whoever found him is trying to disassemble or reverse-engineer him. Hence his security measures are being tested.
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Sounds like those quotes are directed to us, or at least the people front running our attempts in this arg. We forced info out of the thing days in advance Something might happen in 22 hours since he says he can only hold us out until then. Could also refer to any SOTA members trying to find out more info since the site refers to the counter also, that goes with people's theories of us having to stop sota etc etc.

Fauxhammer also makes a lot of sense too. No one knows anything untill we get more answers though :S.
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