ouverture-facile-com_hints3

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Levels [1-9][10-19] [20-29] [30-39][40-49]

Level 20 - Yummy !

- Note where the arrows point

- You need to work out how to represent the URL with the food above the line and then do the same with the food below the line to get the answer

- The pictures represent 1's and 0's

- The 1's and 0's are binary

- Convert the 1's and 0's from binary to decimal (ignore the horizontal lines, they're just dashes)

- Convert the decimal values to letters of the alphabet, A=1, B=2, etc

- Above the line is 'late' (the URL)

Level 21 - Chat room

- Note the URL of the 3 available images (by clicking on the images)

- They show you left.htm, front.htm and right.htm

- What else might you visit to view another part of him?

- You need to look at the back

- Go to http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/back.htm

- So you've got an error message - can you work out the name of the room you need to go to?

- It actually tells you the name

- Remember the 'obvious' level?

- The name is 'incorrect'

- Go to http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/incorrect.htm

- Look at the page source code

- Are there any spelling mistakes in the page source code?

- Look at the name of the shockwave file

- It shows the shockwave as being incorect.swf

- You need to correct this spelling

- Go to http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/incorrect.swf to see the answer

Level 22 - Decrypt

- Take the URL (see the arrow up the top pointing down from there), and work through the steps indicated

- You need to start with 'decibel'

- You need to use the concepts learnt on the indicated levels

- Use level 06, i.e. convert to ascii

- Use level 20, i.e. convert to binary

- Under the first XOR step it says 'jpg'

- You need to find a particular jpg file

- The file is key.jpg which gives you a key

- You need to do an XOR encryption

- XOR encrypt the binary of the ascii of 'decibel' with the binary of the ascii 'unsound'

decibel

ascii:100-101-99-105-98-101-108

binary:1100100-1100101-1100011-1101001-1100010-1100101-1101100

unsound

ascii:117-110-115-111-117-110-100

binary:1110101-1101110-1110011-1101111-1110101-1101110-1100100

1100100-1100101-1100011-1101001-1100010-1100101-1101100

1110101-1101110-1110011-1101111-1110101-1101110-1100100

XOR'd =

0010001-0001011-0010000-0000110-0010111-0001011-0001000

- Then we need to convert this to decimal and view the ascii equivalent characters

- Under the second XOR key it says 'png'

- You need to find a particular png file

- The file is key.png, which gives you a decoding table

- Find the characters you derived in the table and convert them to letters

- This gives you the answer

Level 23 - XXX - my wife, pron, sex - XXX

- The image indicates files you can download

- Download ey.txt

- Download mil.zip

- You need to create emily.jpg

- You do this by putting mil.zip inside ey.txt

- You will need a HexEditor (try XVI32)

- If you look at ey.txt in a hex editor you'll see a series of hex values '30'

- You need to replace these with the contents of mil.zip

- Once you've done, view emily.jpg

Level 24 - French Cards

- Each card has a number on the back

- Did you know that these playing cards are named after historical individuals?

- You need to find the names of those individuals

- You need to find the nth letter of the name of the individual, where 'n' is the number on the back of the card

- The names and letters in order (as they begin on the page are below)

- Queen of Hearts (3) = Judith = d

- Jack of Hearts (6) = La Hire = e

- King of Diamonds (1) = Cesar = c

- Jack of Clubs (2) = Lancelot = a

- King of Spades (5) = King David = d

- Queen of Clubs (6) = Argine = e

- King of Clubs (6) = Alexander the Great = n

- Queen of Diamonds (3) = Rachel = c

- Jack of Diamonds (2) = Hector of Troy = e