(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This is just a bit of fun, first person to comment the correct answer in this thread wins, you need to do one step to get to the next step. It will include some stuff i've learnt these past couple of years, and the steps will be explained once someone gets the correct answer. Every day i will post a hint
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[td]53 6F 20 6C 65 74 73 20 62 65 67 69 6E 2C 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 6F 6E 64 20 73 74 65 70
20 69 73 20 65 6E 63 72 79 70 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 63 69 70 68 65 72 20
61 6C 67 6F 72 69 74 68 6D 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 61 6E 20 62 65 20 66 6F 75 6E 64 20 61
74 20 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 70 61 73 74 65 62 69 6E 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 72 61 77 2E 70 68 70 3F
69 3D 75 75 39 51 44 35 4D 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 73 73 50 68 61 73 65 20 72
65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 74 6F 20 64 65 63 72 79 70 74 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 4D
44 35 20 68 61 73 68 20 6F 66 20 22 73 6F 6E 6F 66 61 62 65 61 63 68 22 2E 20 66 6C 6F 61
74 20 4B 65 79 56 61 6C 75 65 20 3D 20 31 32 20 33 20 2F 20 35 32 20 2A 20 31 32 20 33 20
2A 20 35 20 2D 20 2B[/td]
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Answer
1. First you enter step 1 into something that will translate bytes into ASCII Characters such as HxD. You must login or register to view this content.
2. This says "So lets begin, the second step is encrypted with the cipher algorithm which can be found at You must login or register to view this content. and the passPhase required to decrypt it is the MD5 hash of "sonofabeach". float KeyValue = 12 3 / 52 * 12 3 * 5 - +"
3. First get the MD5 hash of "sonofabeach" which is "a678a78123e18ad3ddd68536b59e7fea", use that algorithm to decrypt the second step. Which after decryption is;
"Step 2: you need to do KeyValue / 47.8, convert that to binary. From this binary number flip all 0 values to 1, and all 1 values to 0. Convert that back to denary then do "new number = !number". Get the SHA-256 (32-byte) of this new number and post it on NGU!"
4. First we need to work out KeyValue from step 1, so 12 3 / 52 * 12 3 * 5 - +. This is a reverse polish notation calculation and is calculated as follows
12 3 / = 4
4 52 * = 208
208 12 3 * = 36
208 36 5 - = 31
208 + 31 = 239

5. So now we do 239 / 47.8 = 5, convert to binary 101, flip the values so, 10, convert back to denary so 2, then factorial 2! = 2. Now get the SHA-256 of 2 which finally equals "d4735e3a265e16eee03f59718b9b5d03019c07d8b6c51f90da3a666eec13ab35"

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Tustin managed to get it at 9:20pm last night, insight got it like 30 seconds later :ha!: The answer was "d4735e3a265e16eee03f59718b9b5d03019c07d8b6c51f90da3a666eec13ab35"

Calculation
1. First you enter step 1 into something that will translate bytes into ASCII Characters such as HxD. You must login or register to view this content.
2. This says "So lets begin, the second step is encrypted with the cipher algorithm which can be found at You must login or register to view this content. and the passPhase required to decrypt it is the MD5 hash of "sonofabeach". float KeyValue = 12 3 / 52 * 12 3 * 5 - +"
3. First get the MD5 hash of "sonofabeach" which is "a678a78123e18ad3ddd68536b59e7fea", use that algorithm to decrypt the second step. Which after decryption is;
"Step 2: you need to do KeyValue / 47.8, convert that to binary. From this binary number flip all 0 values to 1, and all 1 values to 0. Convert that back to denary then do "new number = !number". Get the SHA-256 (32-byte) of this new number and post it on NGU!"
4. First we need to work out KeyValue from step 1, so 12 3 / 52 * 12 3 * 5 - +. This is a reverse polish notation calculation and is calculated as follows
12 3 / = 4
4 52 * = 208
208 12 3 * = 36
208 36 5 - = 31
208 + 31 = 239

5. So now we do 239 / 47.8 = 5, convert to binary 101, flip the values so, 10, convert back to denary so 2, then factorial 2! = 2. Now get the SHA-256 of 2 which finally equals "d4735e3a265e16eee03f59718b9b5d03019c07d8b6c51f90da3a666eec13ab35"