From: Jason Mayer <slamboy@...>
Date: 2007-01-08T21:35:04+09:00
Subject: Re: mini-contest: try to crack this snippet ("Happy 2007!" Ruby challenge)

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On 1/6/07, Mauricio Fernandez <mfp@acm.org> wrote:
>
> http://eigenclass.org/rubychallenge2007
>
> This script works with Ruby 1.8.5 (also tested with -p12); alternative
> versions for Ruby 1.8.2, 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 are also available.
> If you want to try to crack the script, it's safer to download it from
> http://eigenclass.org/rubychallenge2007 (cut&paste fails too often...)
>
> One request: please don't publish your hints/solutions --- let's try to
> keep
> the challenge interesting for future readers. Thank you.


I'm curious about this - I've seen a few of these on the list now - can
anyone point me towards a general how to on how to crack these?

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