Rating: 1.0
Writeup URL: [GitHub](https://infosecstreams.github.io/csaw21/checker/)
# checker
Writeup by: [GoProSlowYo](https://github.com/GoProSlowYo) solved by [Perryman](https://github.com/ghost)
Team: [OnlyFeet](https://ctftime.org/team/144644)
Writeup URL: [GitHub](https://infosecstreams.github.io/csaw21/checker/)
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```text
What's up with all the zeros and ones? Where are my letters and numbers? (This is a reversing challenge.)
```
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## Initial Research
This one is extremely straightforward and they literally tell us: `(This is a reversing challenge.)`.
For this challenge you can work backwards through the provided python code and function calls to end up with the flag ultimately.
## Decode then `encode`
The main function calls an `encode` function on the `flag`:
`encoded = encode(flag)`.
If we look at the encode function we see it's setting `d = 24` then it's calling `x = up(input)`, `x = right(x,d)`, `x = down(x)`, `x = left(x,d)` and then returns `x`.
```python
def encode(plain):
d = 24
x = up(plain)
x = right(x,d)
x = down(x)
x = left(x,d)
return x
```
We need to take the encoded string and run backwards through main and each function.
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## Victory
Submit the flag and claim the points:
**flag{r3vers!nG_w@rm_Up}**
