Hint Nr.1
https://hive.blog/hive-174578/@timsaid/timtravels-a-different-kind-of-tree-hint-nr-1 & s/ /D
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cbiikynpp2sigmr/DSC_8811
Pictures of Tree in Amsterdam Netherlands
uploaded by Lumpia
Morse from Image: Red herring
RAID4 NO PARITY
Hint Nr.2
contents of PB
EnCt2f5f470abbd1f510caa1eaecfd1efeb7b9bae72def5f470abbd1f510caa1eaecf5Tg4UK3=1wC i5L3tol7qS/bt1shr3CS/RQNZNt2xlvZ+O6Z2PFk8+Y/0IwEmS
https://pastebin.com/197gY7bE
password = cbiikynpp2sigmr
Rar file that you need to read each file one byte at a time to re-create jpg
Python Script:
file2 = open("F:/Crypto/Hive/file1", "rb")
file3 = open("F:/Crypto/Hive/file2", "rb")
text_file = open("F:/Crypto/Hive/Output.jpg", "wb")
with open("F:/Crypto/Hive/file0", "rb") as file1:
while True:
byte1 = file1.read(1)
byte2 = file2.read(1)
byte3 = file3.read(1)
text_file.write(byte1)
text_file.write(byte2)
text_file.write(byte3)
if not byte1:
break;
text_file.close()
print("Done")
Wow! How did the morse code help? It was the first thing I spotted. Where did you use RAID4NOPARITY?
RAID4 is needed to put the picture together from the 3 files. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels
Usually you include a parity disk, that’s why you actually use RAID system. In case a disk fails you can reconstruct it with the parity disk. However for this challenge I wanted to keep it a less complex and not include the parity disk
I know what RAID4 is but I couldn't make the connection, very smart way to hint the picture creation!
I would have never thought of that