Puzzle #4: The Curious Mr. X

6 Comments

1. 

   Tim Naami

   February 3, 2010 at 7:14 pm

   Is it worth submitting a solution that uses a MANUAL search of the PCAP file with Wireshark? Or do we have to automate the process?
2. 

   sherri

   February 3, 2010 at 8:41 pm

   Tim — Yes, definitely! We encourage people to submit all kinds of solutions, and we publish the names of everyone who gets the correct answer, regardless of how you achieved it. If you’re competing for the prize, you will need to create an automated solution of some kind. That said, we love reading well-thought-out writeups of manual analysis, and we encourage you to post your methods on your blogs (after the deadline, of course).

   There is a lot to be learned from manual analysis.
3. 

   Tom

   February 3, 2010 at 10:10 pm

   You’ve ruined my plan to use the time between your contests to work on this year’s Underhanded C contest! I was counting on at least a month between contests! You spoil us!
4. 

   Alexandre

   February 4, 2010 at 5:30 am

   Sherri, how about the prizes??? 🙂

   SANS conference tickets?
5. 

   Sébastien DAMAYE

   February 4, 2010 at 7:47 am

   Any idea yet about the prize?
6. 

   sherri

   February 4, 2010 at 3:11 pm

   Hi guys,

   The most important part! We’ll be announcing the prize early next week 🙂

   sherri