Badge Puzzles (no spoilers)
SEC-T Badge Puzzle is a new tradition of pen-brain-and-paper puzzles designed to be medium hard yet annoyingly easy to over analyse. The first person to solve a badge challenge will get two free entries to SEC-T of the year(s) of their choice. Currently there are different methods for submitting your answer, either by using the same webpage your ticket was downloaded from or by emailing mailto:badgepuzzle@sec-t.org.
If you believe you find a bug or are in a desperate need of a hint send us an email to badgepuzzle@sec-t.org. To the extent that we give answers to any elements of the puzzle these answers will also be published here for everyone to see.
Generally the following things are true for the puzzles:
- The entirety of the puzzle is present on the card itself or in a location described by the information on the card.
- The puzzle can be solved without brute forcing, advanced (non human brain simulatable) algorithms.
- To complete the puzzle requires access to the SEC-T website.
- Some python will help with repetitious tasks.
- You might have to read a wikipedia page or an RFC etc. and discover ideas, standards and practices you have long since forgotten or never learned.
Badge pullzes by year: