In-Game Events and Gatherings

Greetings,

Eye of Cain is willing to organize a series of cryptography challenges. Let me explain how we would proceed: The moment you enter the contest, We'll send you a message containing the position and password of a Small Secure Container. But the message will be encrypted. The first person to get to the item inside the container - a voucher with an identification code - and to send it back to us wins the prize. It's as simple as that. This is not a lottery, it's not about being lucky, it's about being smart.

You can (should) join "EC Crypto Challenge" ingame.

Challenges announcements will contain the following informations :

• Difficulty : from newbie to expert, it will range from simple Vigenere ciphers to hardcore asymmetric key encryption algorithms. For the most difficult challenges, being able to write programs to help you might be convenient.
• Entry fee : NO MORE ENTRY FEE.
• Some additional information, if needed.

The message will, in case of hard challenges, contain some relevant information about the cypher used to encrypt the message. But keep in mind, Alice and Bob will not be happy about that.

A few guidelines :

• You can join in even if the contest is already underway, except if it has already be won, of course.
• Both the password and location of the container will be in the message. The SSC will ALWAYS be in high sec space. We do not want accidents.
• There is no time limit. Once the SSC is anchored, it will stay there.
• Quantum computers are strictly forbidden. Yes I know, it's harsh.

Finally, the winners will always be welcome to post a detailed explanation of how they solved the problem, if they want to.

First Challenge (26/02/2012) [OVER] :
Prize : Republic Fleet Firetail
Entry fee : Free, to celebrate the first challenge and give you an opportunity to discover cryptography.
Difficulty : easy

Second challenge (OVER) :
Prize : Cruor
Entry fee : 6M
Difficulty : Not so easy

The next challenge is not as the previous two. There is no container. You'll understand if you try it (and succeed).

Third challenge :
Prize : Plex
Entry Fee : Free
Difficulty : Moderate
Start :http://tyruiop.eu/contest/

Fly safe, and have fun.

Little bump. Apparently some people are making progress. But nobody solved the challenge yet ;)