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		eli on Aug 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: '; CREATE TABLE `Capture the Flag`;' -- Stripe's W... Yeah... I can't believe I spent time looking for something wrong with the HMAC used for session cookies. Also, I'm pretty sure I solved #5 the "wrong" way since it didn't actually involve the hint they gave.

A1kmm on Aug 24, 2012 [–]

I didn't use the Level 2 server for #5 either (although I did for #8) - so I suspect that many people solved it the same way.

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