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To stop offending people I have decided to delete this tutorial. Unfortunately, I keep getting server not found errors. I will try again later. In the meantime, if you are stuck, send me a PM with WHERE you are stuck, and what you have tried, and what you think you need to do, but don't know how, and I will try to give you a small tip (not the solution).
-AlGaeN
Lol, nice work Algaen. I've been keeping up with the progress on that site too....I just wish *I* had come up with the idea to make a tutorial out of it. Good job.
I had seen the idea of a tutorial passed around a few times, and some people even volunteered to do it. This was 3 to 4 days ago, so I just took the initiative to do it. That's the best way to get stuff done keezel, just take the initiative and do it.
Usually it doesn't take long either. I put this together in just under an hour. Although the work I put into getting to level 8 was more like 6 hours.
I'm sorry but I don't see a use to this tutorial at all. The entire idea of that site is to make it on your own merit. Giving someone a walkthru is horrible. They don't have to learn anything at all..... This is the completely opposite of what a tutorial should be. If you had explained how to do the things required, but to straight away give the answers... that's horrible dude.....
6 hours?? sheesh.. took me 30 minute to get to level 8.. mind you after that it was another story.
HTRegz, I don't think I straight away gave the answers. For the early levels it's hard to give any info without giving away the answers, but for the later levels, its more pointing in the right direction. For example: level 6
I don't see the answer in there AT ALL.Quote:
Try encrypting some of your own strings. Test it with "a", then "aa", and so on. If you think you know it, test it first, and if the encryption script generates the encrypted password: ffnrr~ then you figured it out.
And another thing, the very first thing my "tutorial" says is
I would read a tutorial if I spent a few hours working on a problem and no longer had ANY idea what to do. It's the same as asking a friend for help in my opinion.Quote:
Also, reading this tutorial defeats the purpose of the site, but sometimes you just need to be pointed the right direction, and this is what I tried to do here. I tried to not give too much or too little away.
You can call this horrible all you want, but some of the accusations just are not true in my opinion. Maybe you didn't read the whole thing, or maybe you think I just gave away too much. And I even asked people to let me know if I gave away too much. Maybe you suggest some things I should take away...
It's true that it isn't meant for someone to just enter the passwords and move through the site just to say they got through it, but I think on the lower levels a tutorial like this is actually educational. Maybe people should spend the time exploring the levels if they don't understand it really well, but a person could still learn how to do things just by reading the tutorial and playing around a little with the site. I personally would rather understand *how* and *why* something works....so once I know that something works I'm not satisfied. On the upper levels...I would rather just have a hint for them only if I absolutly needed one...and then I wouldn't want a solution until I've invested at least 2 hours on one level after getting nowhere.
Excellent work done Algaen,
Keep updating the tutorial...geeks will definitely like it.
cheers to Algaen.
I think the whole thing should be taken away. If you are stumped at something, then don't do it.... or learn how to do it first. It's not like doing something on your own computer where you'd need a tutorial for help. This is a challenge. If you can't beat the challenge on your own, work on it with someone else, if you still can't beat it, then walk away because you obviously don't have the ability.
How the hell will geeks like it??? Man people should be shot for stupidity at times. I take offence to it, I take great offence to it. I worked hard to get where I am in those challenges. Again, these are challenges, not "Hey look I got to this level because someone else showed me what to do" tasks. If you can't get to the same place in those challenges, then stay the hell away from them and go back to your blankie and your mommy. Leave this stuff to people that have the know how. Go and learn something and then try again. If someone is handed the stuff they aren't gonna learn it. The only people this "tutorial" (I don't like that term for this at all" will benefit is script kiddies and wanna-bes who want bragging rights.Quote:
Originally posted here by AlcatraX
Excellent work done Algaen,
Keep updating the tutorial...geeks will definitely like it.
cheers to Algaen.
I finished them !!! I finished them all !!! w00t00t ;)
Proof: I'm on the top score list #75
My IRC nick is KwiepQuote:
75. Kwiep Level 12 Real nice challanges
p.s.
I'm with HTRegz on this issue
haha, isn't that special. I still wish they had the .htaccess problem.Quote:
My IRC nick is Kwiep
p.s.
I'm with HTRegz on this issue
Well since neel mentioned it in this thread.. I will too..
:) Go Shorty It's your Birfday.... man I hate that song. hehQuote:
76. HTRegz Level 12 W00t!! :) Level 12 Baby *bows to those before him and awaits the bows from those who follow*
Peace
Maybe you should start building hacking challanges to :pQuote:
haha, isn't that special. I still wish they had the .htaccess problem.
edit:
/me bows to HTRegz
You must spread your AntiPoints around before giving it to HTRegz again.
Yeah of course I'm having an alliance, I ****ing never give antipoints.
:rofl: Me make challenges? Hmmm, I'll take a frontal lobotmy and fresh flowers in my asscrack first. HAHA, I made it to level 2 wooo hooo!Quote:
Maybe you should start building hacking challanges to
i am completly new to everything on this site and hacking and everything of the kind. i want to learn for the sake of learning. but if people like me dont know how to do it how can we learn to. the guide that was provided helped we figure out some of the basics that i never understood before. i bet that any newbie like me would agree too. if we cant do it then what point is there tring it. we wont learn anything but the fact that there are people like u out there that wont help out someone who is really interested in learning it. i bet that when u were a newbie u would have like for people to help u out with some of the first things that u needed to learn. cut us some slack man. not everyone knows how to hack and some of those who dont want to learn. with people like u in the world then there is no way we can learn. and then if no one learns then waht will happen when everyone who does know is gone? there will be no one else to teach poeple. that is the problem with people like u.
I have yet to post on these boards but I've been browsing on them for quite awhile, this thread however is pretty interesting and so I think I'll start posting now. Anyways I see both sides of the argument. On the one hand, yes hacking is supposed to be about learning and half the fun of it is the pride you get of doing it yourself. On the other hand not everyone is born with the ability to hack with the 3l337 h4x0rz straight out of the gates. We n00bs do need help and appreciate when someone like Algaen extends the olive branch, so to speak, and helps to foster growth amongst the hacker community. Keezel also made a good point in that sometimes its good to have a tutorial available to explain to you WHY and HOW something works that way you can apply it in the future.
Squee, SUcrewguy:
Thanks for your input on the situation. Like I said, I was trying to put together the tutorial in an "ask a friend" style. Obviously that did not work out, but as I said, I am still making myself available to answer your questions. Just PM me, and I can help you when you need it. Good luck!
thanks algaen. i will if i need any help that i cant figure out myself.^_^
**Moved from Tutorials to General Chit Chat**
There's so freaking much information available on the internet. I learned it myself to. The thing I didn't like is that this information (altough very usefull) wasn't about learning to "hack", but rather show a few examples. (forgive me if I'm wrong Algaen, I didn't read you former post) It was ruining the "challange" as it is. Giving hints is cool, but you have to have a basic understanding and if you don't know where to start you surely don't have that basic you need to really understand the solution. If Algean tells you for level 1 to look at the source, but you don't know what all the <html> <body> etc means...
You know how freaking large the internet is ? This forum doesn't have to exist, for everything can be found already. I don't remember asking any question or reading a question on this forum or anywere else, that could not be answered with a link to relevant information. This website has a tutorial forum even. The FAQ is crammed full with helpfull links etc etc.
You don't need us to learn to finish them freaking challanges... That might be the easiest way, but it won't get you anywhere. We can help on small issues and hints, but we can't just learn you how to "hack".