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[PO][TRAILHEAD] Project Ophiuchus
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enaxor
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 		There's only 17 different color codes. Giving each code their own letter, starting with the letter A, I come up with:
ABCDEFBDGBHIJKGACALMBALIEDGNDIJGDKBIGHAOMBAPDCGAMNIQCNQEGN

eta solve...it's a substitution cipher.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
orces are trying to compromise the integrity of project ophiuchus th


which added to the code driz got, should read...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Participants should be warned external forces are trying to compromise the integrity of project ophiuchus th...

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ncfriend
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 		well done....

so colour really wasnt key. LOL
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drizjr
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 		niiice, nax!

So far these codes have been full of misdirection. The first had nothing to do with airports and this one nothing to do with colors. There's a pattern there. I'd expect that future codes may be the same.

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odmichael
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 		Wow! Great job. Hope you guys still got to see the Giants win though. Wink

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NickSmall
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 		Nice! One thing that I noticed is the invisible "page tacking" field belongs to a form which submits back to the home page (default.aspx). The hidden form field acts as a type of query string, and it is very possible that it has some type of encryption on it. I'm a web designed, but no expert at encryption, so if anyone wants to take a crack at that:

Code:
value="/wEPDwUKMTE5MDEwMTE5MQ9kFgICAw8
WAh4JaW5uZXJodG1sBYoGPGRpdiBpZD0nb3V0ZXInIHN
0eWxlPSdiYWNrZ3JvdW5kLWltYWdlOnVybChpbWFnZXM
vOC5naWYpJy8+
PGRpdiBpZD0nY29udGFpbmVyJz48ZGl2IGlkPSdoZWFkc
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PGRpdj48aW1nIHNyYz0naW1hZ2VzL2hlYWRlci5qcGcnLz
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kaXYgaWQ9J2JvZHlzZWN0aW9uJz48ZGl2IGlkPSdzSUZ
SJyBjbGFzcz0nZmxhc2gtdGl0bGUnPlBo
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C9kaXY+
PC9kaXY+PCEtLWZmMDBkMiwgMDAwMDAwLCBmNjAw
ZmYsIDU5NTc1MSwgZmY4NDAwLCAxNmZiMTYsIDAwM
DAwMCwgNTk1NzUxLCA3YTNmMDAsIDAwMDAwMCwgM
DBiOWRlLCAwMGZmYjQsIDRiMDA2Y
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MGQyLCBiNDAwZmYsIDAwZmZiNCwgZmY4NDAwLCA1O
TU3NTEsIDdhM2YwMCwgN2MwMDAwLCA1OTU3NTEsIDA
wZmZiNCwgNG
IwMDZiLCA3YTNmMDAsIDU5NTc1MSwgZmYwMDAwLCAw
MDAwMDAsIDAwZmZiNCwgN2EzZjAwLCAwMGI5ZGUsIGZ
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zkzNTE2LCA5MDAwNzcsIDAwMDAwMCwgZmYwM
GQyLCAwMDZhNGEsIDU5NTc1MSwgZjYwMGZmLCA3YTN
mMDAsIGZmMDBkMiwgOTAwMDc3LCA3YzAwMDAsIDAw
ZmZiNCwgZmZ
kYzE5LCBmNjAwZmYsIDdjMDAwMCwgZmZkYzE5LCBmZ
jg0MDAsIDdhM2YwMCwgN2MwMDAwLi4uQ29sb3VyIGlzIG
tleS4uLi0tPmR
kQ/kTW78o5SaOOKBp9PshlHa4v/8="


Only problem is the form never actually submits. There's no submit button, nor is there ANY Javascript on the page (with the exception of sIFR). Basically the entire page is encaspulated in a completely pointless form with an encoded parameter for "VIEWSTATE". I'm going to go ahead and hazard a guess that this is being outputted by an ASP template engine, so there should be some way to manipulate the query string in order to change the page. Damned if I know what that is though.

Another thing is that the site does NOT validate HTML. They are self closing a div (<div>), which is not allowed by the XHTML transitional doctype. So there may be something that they're trying to do but isn't displaying right. I somehow doubt that though...

Finally, the typewritter.swf file IS just sIFR stuff. That is the flash file for the font and invoking it directly will always say "Please pass in your text". Has nothing to do with the game. There's my two cents.

EDIT: There aren't actually any line breaks in the code, but I split it up so it didn't ruin the width of the page.

(edited to fix the still stretchy window ~ enaxor)

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:26 pm
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Johnnybmoto
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enaxor wrote:
There's only 17 different color codes. Giving each code their own letter, starting with the letter A, I come up with:
ABCDEFBDGBHIJKGACALMBALIEDGNDIJGDKBIGHAOMBAPDCGAMNIQCNQEGN

eta solve...it's a substitution cipher.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
orces are trying to compromise the integrity of project ophiuchus th


which added to the code driz got, should read...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Participants should be warned external forces are trying to compromise the integrity of project ophiuchus th...


Brownie Great Job
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ticktock
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 		Looks like we've got nothing to do but wait till the number drops to 7 and the source code changes again. Heh Smile

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Punchline
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 		I must say I can't wait for this thing to come full circle and become a little more interactive. Figuring out these little tidbits is a good time and all, but once it's solved it's not leading anywhere (at least not yet). Whatever they're going for is working though, they've got us anticipating.

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amandel
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 		Nice work,enaxor,with the solve and spotting the misdirection. If the countdown continues at GMT,reckon I'll be saying much the same to someone every early morning...... Smile
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highwind767
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 		Nothing for me to do now but wait until midnight.
Good solve with that colour puzzle enaxor!

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Little Albatross
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enaxor wrote:
There's only 17 different color codes. Giving each code their own letter, starting with the letter A, I come up with:
ABCDEFBDGBHIJKGACALMBALIEDGNDIJGDKBIGHAOMBAPDCGAMNIQCNQEGN

eta solve...it's a substitution cipher.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
orces are trying to compromise the integrity of project ophiuchus th


which added to the code driz got, should read...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Participants should be warned external forces are trying to compromise the integrity of project ophiuchus th...


Oh. Well then. Obviously. *laugh* Nice solve. Smile

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enaxor
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amandel wrote:
Nice work,enaxor,with the solve and spotting the misdirection. If the countdown continues at GMT,reckon I'll be saying much the same to someone every early morning...... Smile


Thanks all. Smile

I don't think the colors were really a misdirection. I think they were using the colors (probably first letter for each), to give us a string of cipher text. I just took a shortcut, and assigned my own letters to each group.
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Hanging.Moon
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 		Wow, this really went far in a short time.

The puzzles are too much for me though. Wink
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 		Did anyone noticed it now says "GIF is key" instead of "Colors is key"

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enaxor
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 		The source code has been updated to include...

"!--Security level reset. Email communication restored."

followed by the same color code sets, but ending with ... .gif is key I think we have to add .gif is key, to the whole message.

Quote:
Participants should be warned external forces are trying to compromise Project Ophiuchus, th(e) .gif is key.


(I'm speculating (e) belongs after th) So what does it mean? Is it a message telling how to address our emails to avoid suspicion or are we looking for another page at www.projectophiuchus.com Any ideas?
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