I gave this to my old teacher who had experience in this and after a few hours he told me "Dont bother with it. I have no idea what I'm doing." Lol

Man I've clearly been playing too much Hacknet when my first thought it doing

Ethan wrote

When you see a contest but realize you are staff:


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We can still do it. We just can't enter giveaways

is anyone actually attempting to do this still?

-Deano wrote Man I've clearly been playing too much Hacknet when my first thought it doing


probe.exe
SQLMemInjector 1433
porthack.exe


I tried putting connect [IP] in CMD so ya know.

Mikey wrote is anyone actually attempting to do this still?

Yeah I am. I've been testing different things throughout the day.

I have actually got logged into the Pma, Other than that I have not got anything else today. Lol

Disguise wrote This is basically a race between one really good computer specialist and someone who's only ever used one for the basic functions it can provide. And it's how it's always been. It's not a wizard contest, it's just a contest to see who's the best at being able to pull random information out of seemingly random things to the naked eye, which programmers are amazing at doing.

To be fair, I did designed this contest to be especially difficult. The Wizard badge is one of the rarest badges on the site, and it's one that generally requires real effort, not just a presence in the community. In this case, it will require a great amount of research to complete the objectives. That said, none of the objectives are terribly difficult, they are generally the most simple form possible one you find out what needs to be done. Finding out what needs to be done is the hard part, though. That's where the hints come in.

It is true that people with a background in computer science will have an easier time in this contest than those without. But it is not uncommon for the contests to be won by people without much experience.

In this case, I expect the contest to take around a week or so. I'll be dropping hints along the way for everyone who is stuck.

Such as this one:
You'll notice that the web server and VPC are on separate networks. Perhaps there's some sort of networking tool available to see how we get from one network to the other!

Reporting in that I've found one key.

speed wrote You'll notice that the web server and VPC are on separate networks. Perhaps there's some sort of networking tool available to see how we get from one network to the other!

This hint would've saved me some time!